From 6b65c6aeae798acc419df7ff70c367682dee47ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Nicolas=20Fran=C3=A7ois?= <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:33:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Test userdel/usermod when homedir is a symlink

---
 tests/run_all                                 |  2 +
 tests/run_all.coverage                        |  2 +
 .../10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config.txt |  1 +
 .../config/etc/default/useradd                | 36 +++++++++
 .../config/etc/group                          | 42 +++++++++++
 .../config/etc/gshadow                        | 42 +++++++++++
 .../config/etc/passwd                         | 20 +++++
 .../config/etc/shadow                         | 20 +++++
 .../10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/group | 41 ++++++++++
 .../data/gshadow                              | 41 ++++++++++
 .../data/passwd                               | 19 +++++
 .../data/shadow                               | 19 +++++
 .../data/userdel.err                          |  1 +
 .../userdel.test                              | 72 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../config.txt                                |  1 +
 .../config/etc/default/useradd                | 36 +++++++++
 .../config/etc/group                          | 42 +++++++++++
 .../config/etc/gshadow                        | 42 +++++++++++
 .../config/etc/passwd                         | 20 +++++
 .../config/etc/shadow                         | 20 +++++
 .../data/home_ls-a                            |  3 +
 .../data/home_ls-a2                           |  2 +
 .../data/passwd                               | 20 +++++
 .../data/usermod.err                          |  1 +
 .../usermod.test                              | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 25 files changed, 620 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config.txt
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/group
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/gshadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/shadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/userdel.err
 create mode 100755 tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config.txt
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a2
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
 create mode 100644 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/usermod.err
 create mode 100755 tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test

diff --git a/tests/run_all b/tests/run_all
index 7970c297..c5517d52 100755
--- a/tests/run_all
+++ b/tests/run_all
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ run_test ./usertools/userdel/06_userdel_no_usergroup/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/07_userdel_usergroup_not_primary/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/08_userdel_usergroup_with_other_members/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/09_userdel_usergroup_no_other_members_in_gshadow/userdel.test
+run_test ./usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/01_usermod-p_no_shadow_file/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/02_usermod-p_no_shadow_entry/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/03_usermod-p_no_shadow_entry_but_shadow_enabled/usermod.test
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ run_test ./usertools/usermod/48_usermod-u_MAIL_FILE/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/49_usermod_change_gid+move_homedir_other_device/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/51_usermod_change_gid+move_homedir/usermod.test
+run_test ./usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test
 run_test ./cptools/01/run1
 run_test ./cptools/01/run2
 run_test ./cptools/01/run3
diff --git a/tests/run_all.coverage b/tests/run_all.coverage
index 74f3cf11..a49be436 100755
--- a/tests/run_all.coverage
+++ b/tests/run_all.coverage
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ run_test ./usertools/userdel/06_userdel_no_usergroup/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/07_userdel_usergroup_not_primary/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/08_userdel_usergroup_with_other_members/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/userdel/09_userdel_usergroup_no_other_members_in_gshadow/userdel.test
+run_test ./usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/01_usermod-p_no_shadow_file/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/02_usermod-p_no_shadow_entry/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/03_usermod-p_no_shadow_entry_but_shadow_enabled/usermod.test
@@ -858,6 +859,7 @@ run_test ./usertools/usermod/48_usermod-u_MAIL_FILE/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/49_usermod_change_gid+move_homedir_other_device/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/50_usermod_change_uid+move_homedir/usermod.test
 run_test ./usertools/usermod/51_usermod_change_gid+move_homedir/usermod.test
+run_test ./usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test
 run_test ./cptools/01/run1
 run_test ./cptools/01/run2
 run_test ./cptools/01/run3
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config.txt b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b5baab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user foo exists
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31c44abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Default values for useradd(8)
+#
+# The SHELL variable specifies the default login shell on your
+# system.
+# Similar to DHSELL in adduser. However, we use "sh" here because
+# useradd is a low level utility and should be as general
+# as possible
+SHELL=/bin/foobar
+#
+# The default group for users
+# 100=users on Debian systems
+# Same as USERS_GID in adduser
+# This argument is used when the -n flag is specified.
+# The default behavior (when -n and -g are not specified) is to create a
+# primary user group with the same name as the user being added to the
+# system.
+GROUP=10
+#
+# The default home directory. Same as DHOME for adduser
+HOME=/tmp
+#
+# The number of days after a password expires until the account 
+# is permanently disabled
+INACTIVE=12
+#
+# The default expire date
+EXPIRE=2007-12-02
+#
+# The SKEL variable specifies the directory containing "skeletal" user
+# files; in other words, files such as a sample .profile that will be
+# copied to the new user's home directory when it is created.
+# SKEL=/etc/skel
+#
+# Defines whether the mail spool should be created while
+# creating the account
+# CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50518255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+root:x:0:
+daemon:x:1:
+bin:x:2:
+sys:x:3:
+adm:x:4:
+tty:x:5:
+disk:x:6:
+lp:x:7:
+mail:x:8:
+news:x:9:
+uucp:x:10:
+man:x:12:
+proxy:x:13:
+kmem:x:15:
+dialout:x:20:
+fax:x:21:
+voice:x:22:
+cdrom:x:24:
+floppy:x:25:
+tape:x:26:
+sudo:x:27:
+audio:x:29:
+dip:x:30:
+www-data:x:33:
+backup:x:34:
+operator:x:37:
+list:x:38:
+irc:x:39:
+src:x:40:
+gnats:x:41:
+shadow:x:42:
+utmp:x:43:
+video:x:44:
+sasl:x:45:
+plugdev:x:46:
+staff:x:50:
+games:x:60:
+users:x:100:foo
+nogroup:x:65534:
+crontab:x:101:
+Debian-exim:x:102:
+foo:x:1000:
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5042e581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+root:*::
+daemon:*::
+bin:*::
+sys:*::
+adm:*::
+tty:*::
+disk:*::
+lp:*::
+mail:*::
+news:*::
+uucp:*::
+man:*::
+proxy:*::
+kmem:*::
+dialout:*::
+fax:*::
+voice:*::
+cdrom:*::
+floppy:*::
+tape:*::
+sudo:*::
+audio:*::
+dip:*::
+www-data:*::
+backup:*::
+operator:*::
+list:*::
+irc:*::
+src:*::
+gnats:*::
+shadow:*::
+utmp:*::
+video:*::
+sasl:*::
+plugdev:*::
+staff:*::
+games:*::
+users:*::
+nogroup:*::
+crontab:x::
+Debian-exim:x::
+foo:*::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf52df00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
+bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
+sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
+sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
+man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
+lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
+mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
+news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
+uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
+proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
+www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
+backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
+list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
+irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
+gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
+nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
+Debian-exim:x:102:102::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
+foo:x:1000:1000::/home/foo:/bin/false
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2baad3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root:$1$NBLBLIXb$WUgojj1bNuxWEADQGt1m9.:12991:0:99999:7:::
+daemon:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+bin:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sys:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sync:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+games:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+man:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+lp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+mail:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+news:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+uucp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+proxy:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+www-data:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+backup:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+list:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+irc:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+gnats:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+nobody:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+Debian-exim:!:12977:0:99999:7:::
+foo:!:12977:0:99999:7:::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/group b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/group
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10123908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/group
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+root:x:0:
+daemon:x:1:
+bin:x:2:
+sys:x:3:
+adm:x:4:
+tty:x:5:
+disk:x:6:
+lp:x:7:
+mail:x:8:
+news:x:9:
+uucp:x:10:
+man:x:12:
+proxy:x:13:
+kmem:x:15:
+dialout:x:20:
+fax:x:21:
+voice:x:22:
+cdrom:x:24:
+floppy:x:25:
+tape:x:26:
+sudo:x:27:
+audio:x:29:
+dip:x:30:
+www-data:x:33:
+backup:x:34:
+operator:x:37:
+list:x:38:
+irc:x:39:
+src:x:40:
+gnats:x:41:
+shadow:x:42:
+utmp:x:43:
+video:x:44:
+sasl:x:45:
+plugdev:x:46:
+staff:x:50:
+games:x:60:
+users:x:100:
+nogroup:x:65534:
+crontab:x:101:
+Debian-exim:x:102:
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/gshadow b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/gshadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae424865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/gshadow
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+root:*::
+daemon:*::
+bin:*::
+sys:*::
+adm:*::
+tty:*::
+disk:*::
+lp:*::
+mail:*::
+news:*::
+uucp:*::
+man:*::
+proxy:*::
+kmem:*::
+dialout:*::
+fax:*::
+voice:*::
+cdrom:*::
+floppy:*::
+tape:*::
+sudo:*::
+audio:*::
+dip:*::
+www-data:*::
+backup:*::
+operator:*::
+list:*::
+irc:*::
+src:*::
+gnats:*::
+shadow:*::
+utmp:*::
+video:*::
+sasl:*::
+plugdev:*::
+staff:*::
+games:*::
+users:*::
+nogroup:*::
+crontab:x::
+Debian-exim:x::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/passwd b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43fc135a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
+bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
+sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
+sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
+man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
+lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
+mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
+news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
+uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
+proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
+www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
+backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
+list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
+irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
+gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
+nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
+Debian-exim:x:102:102::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/shadow b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/shadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f50d187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/shadow
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+root:$1$NBLBLIXb$WUgojj1bNuxWEADQGt1m9.:12991:0:99999:7:::
+daemon:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+bin:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sys:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sync:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+games:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+man:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+lp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+mail:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+news:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+uucp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+proxy:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+www-data:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+backup:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+list:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+irc:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+gnats:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+nobody:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+Debian-exim:!:12977:0:99999:7:::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/userdel.err b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/userdel.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..893b416e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/data/userdel.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+userdel: /home/foo is a symbolic link, not removing
diff --git a/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eb9c6fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/userdel/10_userdel_del_homedir_symlink/userdel.test
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+. ../../../common/config.sh
+. ../../../common/log.sh
+
+log_start "$0" "userdel does not delete the user's home directory as symlink"
+
+save_config
+
+# restore the files on exit
+trap 'log_status "$0" "FAILURE"; restore_config; rm -rf /var/mail/foo /home/foo /home/foo2' 0
+
+change_config
+
+mkdir /home/foo2
+touch /home/foo2/file
+chown -R foo:foo /home/foo2
+ln -s foo2 /home/foo
+touch /var/mail/foo
+chown --no-dereference foo:foo /var/mail/foo /home/foo
+
+echo -n "Delete user foo (userdel -r foo)..."
+userdel -r foo 2>tmp/userdel.err && exit 1 || {
+	status=$?
+}
+echo "OK"
+
+echo -n "Check returned status ($status)..."
+test "$status" = "12"
+echo "OK"
+
+echo "userdel reported:"
+echo "======================================================================="
+cat tmp/userdel.err
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo -n "Check that there were a failure message..."
+diff -au data/userdel.err tmp/userdel.err
+echo "error message OK."
+rm -f tmp/userdel.err
+
+echo "The user should have been removed."
+echo -n "Check the passwd file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl data/passwd /etc/passwd
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the group file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl data/group /etc/group
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the shadow file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl data/shadow /etc/shadow
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the gshadow file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl data/gshadow /etc/gshadow
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the user's home directory was not removed..."
+test -L /home/foo
+test -d /home/foo2
+test -f /home/foo2/file
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the user's mail spool was removed..."
+test ! -f /var/mail/foo
+echo "OK"
+rm -rf /home/foo /home/foo2
+
+
+log_status "$0" "SUCCESS"
+restore_config
+trap '' 0
+
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config.txt b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b5baab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+user foo exists
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31c44abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/default/useradd
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Default values for useradd(8)
+#
+# The SHELL variable specifies the default login shell on your
+# system.
+# Similar to DHSELL in adduser. However, we use "sh" here because
+# useradd is a low level utility and should be as general
+# as possible
+SHELL=/bin/foobar
+#
+# The default group for users
+# 100=users on Debian systems
+# Same as USERS_GID in adduser
+# This argument is used when the -n flag is specified.
+# The default behavior (when -n and -g are not specified) is to create a
+# primary user group with the same name as the user being added to the
+# system.
+GROUP=10
+#
+# The default home directory. Same as DHOME for adduser
+HOME=/tmp
+#
+# The number of days after a password expires until the account 
+# is permanently disabled
+INACTIVE=12
+#
+# The default expire date
+EXPIRE=2007-12-02
+#
+# The SKEL variable specifies the directory containing "skeletal" user
+# files; in other words, files such as a sample .profile that will be
+# copied to the new user's home directory when it is created.
+# SKEL=/etc/skel
+#
+# Defines whether the mail spool should be created while
+# creating the account
+# CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50518255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/group
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+root:x:0:
+daemon:x:1:
+bin:x:2:
+sys:x:3:
+adm:x:4:
+tty:x:5:
+disk:x:6:
+lp:x:7:
+mail:x:8:
+news:x:9:
+uucp:x:10:
+man:x:12:
+proxy:x:13:
+kmem:x:15:
+dialout:x:20:
+fax:x:21:
+voice:x:22:
+cdrom:x:24:
+floppy:x:25:
+tape:x:26:
+sudo:x:27:
+audio:x:29:
+dip:x:30:
+www-data:x:33:
+backup:x:34:
+operator:x:37:
+list:x:38:
+irc:x:39:
+src:x:40:
+gnats:x:41:
+shadow:x:42:
+utmp:x:43:
+video:x:44:
+sasl:x:45:
+plugdev:x:46:
+staff:x:50:
+games:x:60:
+users:x:100:foo
+nogroup:x:65534:
+crontab:x:101:
+Debian-exim:x:102:
+foo:x:1000:
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5042e581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/gshadow
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+root:*::
+daemon:*::
+bin:*::
+sys:*::
+adm:*::
+tty:*::
+disk:*::
+lp:*::
+mail:*::
+news:*::
+uucp:*::
+man:*::
+proxy:*::
+kmem:*::
+dialout:*::
+fax:*::
+voice:*::
+cdrom:*::
+floppy:*::
+tape:*::
+sudo:*::
+audio:*::
+dip:*::
+www-data:*::
+backup:*::
+operator:*::
+list:*::
+irc:*::
+src:*::
+gnats:*::
+shadow:*::
+utmp:*::
+video:*::
+sasl:*::
+plugdev:*::
+staff:*::
+games:*::
+users:*::
+nogroup:*::
+crontab:x::
+Debian-exim:x::
+foo:*::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf52df00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
+bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
+sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
+sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
+man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
+lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
+mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
+news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
+uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
+proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
+www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
+backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
+list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
+irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
+gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
+nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
+Debian-exim:x:102:102::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
+foo:x:1000:1000::/home/foo:/bin/false
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2baad3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/config/etc/shadow
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root:$1$NBLBLIXb$WUgojj1bNuxWEADQGt1m9.:12991:0:99999:7:::
+daemon:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+bin:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sys:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+sync:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+games:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+man:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+lp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+mail:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+news:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+uucp:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+proxy:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+www-data:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+backup:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+list:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+irc:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+gnats:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+nobody:*:12977:0:99999:7:::
+Debian-exim:!:12977:0:99999:7:::
+foo:!:12977:0:99999:7:::
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62a6381d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-rw-r--r-- foo:foo `/home/foo/toto'
+drwxr-xr-x foo:foo `/home/foo/.'
+drwxr-xr-x root:root `/home/foo/..'
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a2 b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69e95df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/home_ls-a2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+drwxr-xr-x root:root `/home/foo2/.'
+drwxr-xr-x root:root `/home/foo2/..'
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/passwd b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9da880b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
+bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
+sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
+sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
+man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
+lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
+mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
+news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
+uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
+proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
+www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
+backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
+list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
+irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
+gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
+nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
+Debian-exim:x:102:102::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
+foo:x:1000:1000::/home/foo3:/bin/false
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/usermod.err b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/usermod.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8f9de2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/data/usermod.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usermod: directory /home/foo could not be moved
diff --git a/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8bd0fd02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usertools/usermod/52_usermod_move_homedir_symlink/usermod.test
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+. ../../../common/config.sh
+. ../../../common/log.sh
+
+log_start "$0" "usermod can't move the user's home directory when it's a symlink"
+
+save_config
+
+# restore the files on exit
+trap 'log_status "$0" "FAILURE"; restore_config; rm -rf /home/foo /home/foo2/file /home/foo2' 0
+
+change_config
+
+mkdir /home/foo2
+echo toto > /home/foo2/file
+ln -s foo2 /home/foo
+chown -R foo:foo /home/foo /home/foo2
+
+echo -n "Change the user's home directory (usermod -m -d /home/foo2 foo)..."
+usermod -m -d /home/foo3 foo 2>tmp/usermod.err && exit 1 || {
+	status=$?
+}
+echo "OK"
+
+echo -n "Check returned status ($status)..."
+test "$status" = "12"
+echo "OK"
+
+echo "usermod reported:"
+echo "======================================================================="
+cat tmp/usermod.err
+echo "======================================================================="
+echo -n "Check the usage message..."
+diff -au data/usermod.err tmp/usermod.err
+echo "usage message OK."
+rm -f tmp/usermod.err
+
+echo "OK"
+
+echo -n "Check the passwd file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl data/passwd /etc/passwd
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the group file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl config/etc/group /etc/group
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the shadow file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl config/etc/shadow /etc/shadow
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check the gshadow file..."
+../../../common/compare_file.pl config/etc/gshadow /etc/gshadow
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check that /home/foo is still a symlink..."
+test -L /home/foo
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check that /home/foo2 was not removed..."
+test -d /home/foo2
+test -f /home/foo2/file
+echo "OK"
+echo -n "Check that /home/foo3 was not created..."
+test ! -f /home/foo3
+echo "OK"
+
+echo -n "Remove the home directories..."
+rm -rf /home/foo /home/foo2
+echo "done"
+
+log_status "$0" "SUCCESS"
+restore_config
+trap '' 0
+
-- 
2.40.0