Bug#758307: installation-reports: First user not added to the lpadmin group
On Sun 17 Aug 2014 at 08:29:57 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Still:
>
> # Allow preseeding the groups to which the first created user is added
> Template: passwd/user-default-groups
> Type: string
> Default: audio cdrom dip floppy video plugdev netdev powerdev scanner bluetooth debian-tor lpadmin
> Description: for internal use only
>
> The code that uses this:
>
> if [ -n "$USER" ]; then
> db_get passwd/user-default-groups
> for group in $RET; do
> $log $chroot $ROOT adduser "$USER" $group >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
> done
> fi
>
>
> After more thinking, my (wild) guess is that, at the time this is
> done, these groups...do not exist on the system. And "adduser <user>
> <group>" then fails when "<group>" doesn't exist.
>
> If I'm right, there are probably traces of this is the installer log, I'd guess.
Not such a wild guess.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: Adding user `brian' to group `netdev' ...
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: Adding user brian to group netdev
Aug 16 17:06:42 gpasswd[5287]: user brian added by root to group netdev
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: Done.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: adduser: The group `powerdev' does not exist.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: adduser: The group `bluetooth' does not exist.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: adduser: The group `debian-tor' does not exist.
Aug 16 16:06:42 user-setup: adduser: The group `lpadmin' does not exist.
Aug 16 16:06:42 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07brltty
Aug 16 16:06:42 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07preseed
Aug 16 16:06:42 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07speakup
Aug 16 16:06:42 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/10apt-cdrom-setup
Aug 16 16:06:42 finish-install: Disabling netinst CD in sources.list
Regards,
Brian.
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