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On 08/29/2013 11:19 PM, Samuel Stirtzel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with the current master/HEAD it seems impossible to create system
> users with busybox.
>
>
> root@overo:~# which adduser
> /usr/sbin/adduser
> root@overo:~# ls -la /usr/sbin/adduser
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            19 Aug 29  2013
> /usr/sbin/adduser -> /bin/busybox.nosuid
> root@overo:~# adduser --system --ingroup lightdm lightdm
> adduser: no uids left
>
>
> Normal user creation works as expected.
> Content of /etc/passwd:
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/home/root:/bin/sh
> daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
> bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
> sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
> sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
> games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
> man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
> lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
> mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
> news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
> uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
> proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
> www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
> backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
> list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
> irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
> gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
> nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
> messagebus:x:999:998::/var/lib/dbus:/bin/false
> xuser:x:1000:1000::/home/xuser:/bin/sh
> avahi:x:998:994::/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
> avahi-autoipd:x:997:993:Avahi autoip daemon:/var/run/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
> polkitd:x:996:992::/etc/polkit-1:/bin/sh
>
>
> Can anyone reproduce this error, or is it a known problem?
>
>

That's because CONFIG_SYSTEM_LAST_ID is set to 0 in defconfig.
I'll send out a patch to fix it.

Best Regards,
Chen Qi