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Thank you. ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1420018 Title: docs: user-groups uses - instead of _ Status in cloud-init: Fix Released Bug description: I am trying to add a user with a primary group that already exists with the same name as the user. default_user: name: docker lock_passwd: True gecos: Docker Administrator no-user-group: true primary-group: docker groups: [adm, audio, cdrom, dialout, dip, floppy, netdev, plugdev, sudo, video] sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"] shell: /bin/bash 2015-02-09 21:37:29,285 - __init__.py[DEBUG]: Adding user docker 2015-02-09 21:37:29,285 - util.py[DEBUG]: Running hidden command to protect sensitive input/output logstring: ['useradd', 'docker', '--shell', '/bin/bash', '--comment', 'Docker Administrator', '--groups', 'adm,audio,cdrom,dialout,dip,floppy,netdev,plugdev,sudo,video', '-m'] 2015-02-09 21:37:29,312 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed to create user docker 2015-02-09 21:37:29,312 - util.py[DEBUG]: Failed to create user docker Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py", line 360, in add_user util.subp(adduser_cmd, logstring=log_adduser_cmd) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 1539, in subp cmd=args) ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command. Command: ['useradd', 'docker', '--shell', '/bin/bash', '--comment', 'Docker Administrator', '--groups', 'adm,audio,cdrom,dialout,dip,floppy,netdev,plugdev,sudo,video', '-m'] Exit code: 9 Reason: - Stdout: '' Stderr: 'useradd: group docker exists - if you want to add this user to that group, use -g.\n' backdoor@docker:~$ dpkg -l | grep cloud-init ii cloud-init 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.3 all Init scripts for cloud instances To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1420018/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp