Actually I think this log may be more telling, showing that the
useradd.bbclass is using gid 1007 thanks to useradd-staticids, but that
1007 group is only available after extrausers.bbclass

DEBUG: Executing shell function useradd_sysroot
/workdir/build_runner_maik/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-neon-tps-linux-gnueabi/our-watchdog/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/sbin/useradd
Running groupadd commands...
NOTE: our-watchdog: Performing groupadd with [--root
/workdir/build_runner_maik/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-neon-tps-linux-gnueabi/our-watchdog/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot
--gid 1000 --system company]
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SU_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
Running useradd commands...
NOTE: our-watchdog: Performing useradd with [--root
/workdir/build_runner_maik/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-neon-tps-linux-gnueabi/our-watchdog/1.0-r0/recipe-sysroot
--gid 1007 --no-create-home --system --shell /bin/false --uid 1021 watchdog]
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SU_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
useradd: group '1007' does not exist
ERROR: our-watchdog: useradd command did not succeed.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:33 AM Maik Vermeulen via lists.yoctoproject.org
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
>
> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> I'm not sure if it's the same issue, ours isn't systemd specific at least.
> Btw, we're using Kirkstone.
>
> Here is an example log of the issue we see when we use USERADD in a recipe
> to create the user, and set ownership in do_install, while using
> EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS to manage extra groups and user options, and using
> useradd-staticids.bbclass too:
> DEBUG: Executing shell function set_user_group
> NOTE: company-img: Performing groupadd with [-R
> /workdir/build_runner_maik/tmp/work/tppg2-tps-linux-gnueabi/company-img/1.0-r0/rootfs
> --gid 1000 company]
> NOTE: company-img: group company already exists, not re-creating it
> NOTE: company-img: Performing useradd with [-R
> /workdir/build_runner_maik/tmp/work/tppg2-tps-linux-gnueabi/company-img/1.0-r0/rootfs
> --gid 1000 --system --shell /bin/false --uid 1001 mender]
> configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SU_ENAB' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'SYSLOG_SG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
> useradd: group '1000' does not exist
> ERROR: company-img: useradd command did not succeed.
>
> But then when I check
> tmp/work/machine-linux-gnueabi/copmany-img/1.0-r0/rootfs/etc/group, no
> entries for GID 1000 are found.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM Chuck Wolber <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 7:29 AM Maik Vermeulen via lists.yoctoproject.org
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> %< SNIP %<
>>
>>
>>> I've also tried using the useradd.bbclass in the recipes, which allows
>>> us to set permissions from within the do_install task, but that started
>>> causing trouble when we tried to start using useradd-staticids, which we
>>> need to keep compatibility between software versions using the same files
>>> from a persistent partition. The useradd.bbclass in combination with the
>>> central extrausers.bbclass and useradd-staticids.bbclass is messy and
>>> hasn't resulted in a working build yet, with recipes complaining certain
>>> groups e.g. aren't available yet.
>>>
>>
>>
>> You are not very specific about what is going wrong, but it sounds
>> familiar so it is possible that
>> I am to blame for not following up on an earlier observation that may
>> potentially benefit your
>> situation.
>>
>> Take a look at this message and let me know if it sounds familiar.
>>
>> https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/topic/88922422#161387
>>
>> If so I can probably submit an RFC patch.
>>
>> ..Ch:W..
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *"Perfection must be reached by degrees; she requires the slow hand of
>> time." - Voltaire*
>>
>
> 
>
>
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