Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Configured machine, including the application of some company-specific
password requirements, and then ran the oem pre-deployment config app.
Created image & applied it to a new machine. Booted new machine, which
(correctly) launched me into Ubiquity system configuration dialog. Set
keyboard, time zone, etc.
On user creation screen, it prompted for username, hostname, PW. Input a
fairly weak password (tie3shoe) & the UI identified it as a weak
password but allowed me to proceed.
A series of small black status boxes appeared (note, as a side topic,
that they stacked on top of each other rather than one replacing the
other).
When it got to the "creating user" status box, ubiquity abended & a new
dialog appeared instructing me to file a bug.
Upon examination of syslog, it was immediately apparent what the problem
is. I'll cut-and-paste it here:
May 9 10:26:49 ubu-1010-eb ubiquity: Weak password: based on a dictionary word
and not a passphrase.
May 9 10:26:49 ubu-1010-eb ubiquity: last message repeated 2 times
May 9 10:26:49 ubu-1010-eb ubiquity: chpasswd: (user ragrady) pam_chauthtok()
failed, error:
May 9 10:26:49 ubu-1010-eb ubiquity: Authentication token manipulation error
May 9 10:26:49 ubu-1010-eb ubiquity: chpasswd: (line 1, user ragrady) password
not changed
syslog then logs a series of the standard "here are the password rules,
here's a password you can use if nobody's looking over your shoulder"
messages, but none of that was visible to me via ubiquity.
Ubiquity then crashes.
I have confirmed on another machine that using a stronger password (i.e.
one that actually conforms to the underlying pam requirements) allows
ubiquity to create the user & finish successfully.
This is on 10.10 with ubiquity/oem-config version 2.4.8
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: oem-config pam
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779986
Title:
system configuration (post-oem) crashes on user creation
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