Failed to change the mode of /etc/passwd-

Bug #996812 reported by ikem
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
elementary OS
Expired
Low
Unassigned
casper (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm running Elementary OS 0.2 build 20120504.

If I remove the boot parameter "quiet splash"

I see a message like:

Begin: Adding live session user... ... pwconv: failed to change the mode of /etc/passwd- to 0600

Tags: os-patch
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ikem (ikem-krueger) wrote :
Changed in elementaryos:
importance: Undecided → Critical
milestone: none → luna-beta1
tags: added: os-patch
Changed in elementaryos:
importance: Critical → Medium
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Ivo Nunes (ivonunes) wrote :

Not our fault. Just tested and also happens in Ubuntu.

Changed in elementaryos:
milestone: luna-beta1 → none
importance: Medium → Low
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Stéphane Graber (stgraber) wrote :

Nothing wrong on casper's side, this points toward a broken copy-on-write filesystem or underlying storage partition.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

Aww. Screw OverlayFS. I wonder why did Ubuntu drop AuFS for LiveCDs in the first place...
Anyway, good to know it's harmless. Thanks!

David Gomes (davidgomes)
Changed in elementaryos:
status: New → Confirmed
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in elementaryos:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for elementary OS because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in elementaryos:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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