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Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
chfn does not work in chroot environment
Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
== Comment: #0 - Guang Cheng Li <[email protected]> - 2015-01-07 01:51:51 ==
---Problem Description---
chfn does not work in a chroot environment.
In a chroot environment, the chroot exits with error "chfn: PAM:
System error" and does not do anything.
This might be related to
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763391 and
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745082
Contact Information = Guang Cheng Li [email protected], Ralph Bellofatto
[email protected]
---uname output---
Linux tulgpu002 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:55:08 UTC 2014
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
Machine Type = N/A
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
---Steps to Reproduce---
Create a Ubuntu chroot environment, chroot into the directory, then run chfn.
root@tulgpu002:~# ls
chfn-error-rootimg
root@tulgpu002:~# chroot chfn-error-rootimg
root@tulgpu002:/# ls
bin dev home lib media opt root sbin sys usr vmlinux
boot etc initrd.img lib64 mnt proc run srv tmp var xcatpost
root@tulgpu002:/#
root@tulgpu002:/# chfn -f 'games user id' games
chfn: PAM: System error
root@tulgpu002:/#
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