installer let us choose a system user as our primary user account, without warning
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
user-setup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
We just now installed a quantal MAAS server via USB key from this image: 4bd3270bde86d7e
We successfully made it through the installation (creating a new MAAS) and rebooted. However, when logging in via ssh or at the console, we get kicked out because /home/maas (our chosen username) does not exist. The password succeeds. Here's an example via SSH:
$ ssh <email address hidden>
<email address hidden>'s password:
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Welcome to Ubuntu 12.10 (GNU/Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https:/
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individual files in /usr/share/
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Could not chdir to home directory /home/maas: No such file or directory
Connection to my-maas.example.com closed.
description: | updated |
tags: | added: quantal |
summary: |
- quantal server MAAS installer does not make home directory for primary - user + installer let us choose a system user as our primary user account, + without warning |
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
affects: | debian-installer (Ubuntu) → user-setup (Ubuntu) |
Changed in user-setup (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.