Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Adam Bottchen commented on PUP-7830 Re: Adding a user with a numeric group name fails This is a limitation in the useradd tool provided by the OS, not a bug in Puppet. As specified in the documentation, Puppet uses OS supplied tools to manage users and groups. In this case, that means the use of useradd. Unfortunately, regardless of POSIX standards, useradd does not support supplementary groups that start with a digit: # grep 123 /etc/group 123:x:502: # /usr/sbin/useradd -G 123 -M testuser useradd: group '123' does not exist This is the command the user provider on EL distros will use, so our regex is merely preventing one from running into the limitation of the useradd command. If the regex at https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/4.10.x/lib/puppet/type/user.rb#L288 were removed, the Puppet run would just fail on the useradd command itself with the error above. In general it is discouraged to have user or group names that are entirely numeric just from a system administration standpoint. That said, if existing account data requires it, a different resource will be needed to manage it. For example, an augeas or file_line resource against /etc/group, or an exec directly modifying it. Until the underlying useradd system tool provides this functionality, the Puppet user provider will be limited by it. Add Comment
Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Adam Bottchen updated an issue Puppet / PUP-7830 Adding a user with a numeric group name fails Change By: Adam Bottchen CS Priority: Needs Priority Reviewed CS Impact: This is actively blocking a customer from deploying due to the fact they use numbers for group names CS Severity: 5 - Critical CS Business Value: 1 - ? CS Frequency: 1 - 1-5% of Customers Add Comment This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are s
Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Nicky Kernohan commented on PUP-7830 Re: Adding a user with a numeric group name fails This was a cloned ticket for customer visibility Can you re-open it? Thanks On 10 August 2017 at 09:54, Henrik Lindberg (JIRA) < Add Comment This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Nicky Kernohan commented on PUP-7830 Re: Adding a user with a numeric group name fails This is an external ticket for customer visibility Please do not close Thanks Add Comment This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Henrik Lindberg updated an issue Puppet / PUP-7830 Adding a user with a numeric group name fails Change By: Henrik Lindberg Component/s: Platform Component/s: Types and Providers Add Comment This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Jira (PUP-7830) Adding a user with a numeric group name fails
Title: Message Title Nicky Kernohan created an issue Puppet / PUP-7830 Adding a user with a numeric group name fails Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.10.1 Assignee: Unassigned Components: Platform Created: 2017/08/10 1:16 AM Environment: CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 4.10.1 Seems to apply to all versions/ *nix OS Priority: Blocker Reporter: Nicky Kernohan Basic Info On the User resource, specifying a group with a group name as a number fails CentOS is a POSIX compliant, so can accept numbers for a group name fine Puppet Version: Tested in 4.10, Customer reporting in 4.5 OS Name/Version: CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 Describe your issue in as much detail as possible... Creating a user with a group name as a number
