Comment 3 for bug 936762
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| Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote Re: [Bug 936762] Re: lxc-ubuntu template sets user shell, without checking it's installed | #3 |
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Quoting Martin Pool (<email address hidden>):
> So this could be, and maybe should be, addressed in both lxc and
> launchpad setuplxc.
>
> * launchpad can work around this by just forcing the user's shell back
> to bash or by installing zsh (which would be slightly nicer for me, and
> any other users, and make things very slightly slower to download.)
>
> * The lxc-ubuntu template probably needs to take care of this some how.
> I don't know how. Perhaps parsing the pwent line, and installing the
> right shell? I think it would be inappropriate and dangerous to change
> it there.
Thanks, Martin. I will have the template exit with error (and an error
message in case it was called by a human) if, after container creation,
the specified shell doesn't exist. (lxc-create will go on to clean up
the container)
-serge