Re: [OE-core] usermod in EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS is broken in master

["Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Zoltan Boszormenyi via
> lists.openembedded.org
> Sent: den 24 augusti 2021 16:22
> To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: [OE-core] usermod in EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS is broken in master
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to port my distro layer to Honister and
> attempted to build an OS image.
> 
> I have this in the image recipe:
> 
> EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS += "usermod -P mypassword root; usermod -P mypassword2 myuser;"

The 0002-Allow-for-setting-password-in-clear-text.patch patch has been dropped 
from shadow with the update to 4.9 (see commit 759df739). It previously renamed 
the -P option to -A and added an insecure -P <cleartext password> option.

Replace the use of the -P <cleartext password> option with -p <encrypted password> 
and you should be good to go, also with Hardknott.

> 
> and the error I got was:
> 
> NOTE: my-test-image: Performing usermod with [-R
> /data/yocto/tmp-sicom-glibc/work/genericx86_64-oe-linux/my-test-image/1.0-
> r0/rootfs -P
> mypassword root]
> usermod: prefix must be an absolute path
> ERROR: my-test-image: usermod command did not succeed.
> WARNING:
> /data/yocto/tmp-sicom-glibc/work/genericx86_64-oe-linux/my-test-image/1.0-
> r0/temp/run.set_user_group.2583229:260
> exit 1 from 'exit 1'
> 
> EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS has userdel and useradd commands
> before the last two usermod, all of which succeed.
> 
> I got the same error on both Fedora 33 and Fedora 34 hosts.
> 
> It works with Hardknott.
> 
> Best regards,
> Zoltán Böszörményi

//Peter