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From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file
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selinux770@tortenboxer.de wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> i've got a strange problem. I created a new user on my system which is
> not able to switch between different roles. Looks like this:
>
> ~ $ id -Z
> setester:user_r:user_t
> ~ $ newrole -r staff_r
> Authenticating setester.
> Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file.
> ~ $
>
> This happens to all users except root:
>
> ~# id -Z
> root:staff_r:staff_t
> ~# newrole -r sysadm_r
> Authenticating root.
> Password:
> ~# id -Z
> root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t
>
> Any suggestions what is wrong? Could that be a misfunction in pam?
>
>   
I think newrole is looking up setester in /etc/passwd.

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