Public bug reported:
Request
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We want Subiquity to grow built-in support for selecting which groups the
primary user should belong to.
This will only be available to autoinstall users and will take the form of a
new directive called "groups" in the autoinstall identity section.
We are past FF for resolute, so I would like to request an exception.
Why Needed
----------
In resolute, we have added builtin support for creating the primary user
*during* the installation, instead of relying on cloud-init (which operates on
first boot) like we used to (see bug 2090834).
We want people to move away from cloud-init and use the built-in
mechanism. Unfortunately, unlike cluod-init, the new mechanism did not
support specifying the list of groups that the primary user should
belong to. This is a blocker for some people.
With most of our autoinstall user-base running Ubuntu LTSe only,
delaying the addition of groups support will significantly delay the
adoption of the new mechanism.
What changed
------------
People using autoinstall will now be able to specify extra groups or to
overwrite hard-coded groups (i.e., admin, sudo) using one of the following
syntax:
# Add the user to the wireshark group in addition to hard-coded groups
groups: {append: [wireshark]}
# Two equivalent ways to specify the list of groups, ignoring hard-coded
values (i.e., sudo, admin)
groups: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]
groups: {override: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]}
The behavior for interactive installations (using Subiquity's TUI or
ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap) stays unchanged. The default behavior (when
the groups directive is not specified) is also unchanged.
Code to be merged
-----------------
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2265
** Affects: subiquity
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: subiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: subiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Request
-------
We want Subiquity to grow built-in support for selecting which groups the
primary user should belong to.
- This will only be available to autoinstall users and will the form of a new
directive called "groups" in the autoinstall identity section.
+ This will only be available to autoinstall users and will take the form of a
new directive called "groups" in the autoinstall identity section.
We are past FF for resolute, so I would like to request an exception.
Why Needed
----------
In resolute, we have added builtin support for creating the primary user
*during* the installation, instead of relying on cloud-init (which operates on
first boot) like we used to (see bug 2090834).
We want people to move away from cloud-init and use the built-in
mechanism. Unfortunately, unlike cluod-init, the new mechanism did not
support specifying the list of groups that the primary user should
belong to. This is a blocker for some people.
With most of our autoinstall user-base running Ubuntu LTSe only,
delaying the addition of groups support will significantly delay the
adoption of the new mechanism.
What changed
------------
People using autoinstall will now be able to specify extra groups or to
overwrite hard-coded groups (i.e., admin, sudo) using one of the following
syntax:
- # Add the user to the wireshark group in addition to hard-coded groups
- groups: {append: [wireshark]}
+ # Add the user to the wireshark group in addition to hard-coded groups
+ groups: {append: [wireshark]}
- # Two equivalent ways to specify the list of groups, ignoring hard-coded
values (i.e., sudo, admin)
- groups: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]
- groups: {override: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]}
+ # Two equivalent ways to specify the list of groups, ignoring hard-coded
values (i.e., sudo, admin)
+ groups: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]
+ groups: {override: [sudo, admin, lpadmin]}
The behavior for interactive installations (using Subiquity's TUI or
ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap) stays unchanged. The default behavior (when
the groups directive is not specified) is also unchanged.
-
Code to be merged
-----------------
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2265
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