------- Comment From mauri...@br.ibm.com 2017-01-20 08:47 EDT------- Verification done with Xenial. All good!
# lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Previous Package: ---------------- 0) No existing user/uid: # id libvirt-qemu id: ?libvirt-qemu?: no such user # getent passwd 64055 # User is created w/ the next available uid # apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libvirt{0,-bin}=1.3.1-1ubuntu10.6 # id libvirt-qemu uid=110(libvirt-qemu) gid=117(kvm) groups=117(kvm) # getent passwd 64055 # Proposed Package: ---------------- 1) With existing user (e.g., package update) # id libvirt-qemu uid=110(libvirt-qemu) gid=117(kvm) groups=117(kvm) User uid remains the same: # apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libvirt{0,-bin}=1.3.1-1ubuntu10.7 # id libvirt-qemu uid=110(libvirt-qemu) gid=117(kvm) groups=117(kvm) # getent passwd 64055 # 2) Without existing user (e.g., new install) # apt-get purge --yes libvirt{0,-bin} Reading package lists... Done # userdel libvirt-qemu # id libvirt-qemu id: ?libvirt-qemu?: no such user # getent passwd 64055 # User uid is set to the reserved uid: # apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libvirt{0,-bin}=1.3.1-1ubuntu10.7 # id libvirt-qemu uid=64055(libvirt-qemu) gid=117(kvm) groups=117(kvm) # getent passwd 64055 libvirt-qemu:x:64055:117:Libvirt Qemu,,,:/var/lib/libvirt:/bin/false 3) Without existing user (e.g., new install) _but_ with uid taken # apt-get purge --yes libvirt{0,-bin} # id libvirt-qemu id: ?libvirt-qemu?: no such user # getent passwd 64055 uidtaken:x:64055:1001::/home/uidtaken: # apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libvirt{0,-bin}=1.3.1-1ubuntu10.7 User uid is set to the next available uid: # id libvirt-qemu uid=110(libvirt-qemu) gid=117(kvm) groups=117(kvm) # getent passwd 64055 uidtaken:x:64055:1001::/home/uidtaken: ------- Comment From mauri...@br.ibm.com 2017-01-20 08:49 EDT------- BTW, *again*, sorry for all the noise/attachments from the bug mirroring. This problem has already been passed along to its development team. I have no idea why this happens. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637601 Title: UbuntuKVM: migration using NFS mount fails #190 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libvirt/+bug/1637601/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs