Re: [oe-core][RFC] xuser-account: convert to standard-user-account

[Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>]

On Sun Feb 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM CST, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
> On Tue Feb 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM CET, Randolph Sapp via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> From: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>
>>
>> Change this single xuser account template into a generic
>> standard-user-account that uses distro level variables for
>> configuration.
>>
>> This allows for seamless configuration of multiple out-of-box scripts
>> and tests across layers without having to implicitly hope that the
>> username or groups haven't been changed by a bbappend or recipe
>> override.
>>
>> This was proposed specifically to remove some issues highlighted in:
>> https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/230665
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>
>> ---
>
> Hi Randolph,
>
> I know this is still an RFC, but it went into by weekend batch of RFC
> patches tested on the autobuilder.
>
> A note first: this was tested without your other display manager series.
> I hope there is no dependency.

There isn't. In fact this conflicts with the other series at the moment.

> So far we had the following issues:
>
> AssertionError: ssh exited with status '255' for command '['ssh', '-l', 'root', '-o', 'ServerAliveCountMax=2', '-o', 'ServerAliveInterval=30', '-o', 'UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-o', 'LogLevel=ERROR', '192.168.7.8', 'export PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin; export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/`id -u weston`; export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1; wayland-info']': this is likely an SSH failure
> id: unknown user weston
> failed to create display: No such file or directory
> ...
> RESULTS - weston.WestonTest.test_weston_running: FAILED (0.80s)
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/25/builds/3189
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/23/builds/3316
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/35/builds/3214
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/48/builds/3090

I didn't adjust any of the tests for this yet so that makes sense.

> And a second one:
>
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'standard-user-account' (but /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/reproducible/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb DEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       standard-user-account was skipped: Recipe standard-user-account, package standard-user-account: system groupname "disk" does not have a static ID defined. Add disk to one of these files: /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/reproducible/build/build-st/meta-selftest/files/static-group
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'weston-init' (but /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/reproducible/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-graphics/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-weston.bb, /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/reproducible/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb, /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/reproducible/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston_14.0.2.bb RDEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'weston-init'
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       NOTE: Runtime target 'weston-init' is unbuildable, removing...
> 2026-02-14 17:59:08,803 - oe-selftest - INFO -       Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['weston-init']
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/37/builds/3355
>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu

This error should have been an issue before this RFC, as the xuser account was
already being added to the disks group, which was never actually added to the
static-group file. Suppose I'll fix it if anyone chimes in on whether or not
this is even a good idea or not.

- Randolph