[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker. A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1342875 ** Tags added: iso-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
I successfully tested the fix on Trusty and since Utopic reached EOL on July 23rd I ignored it thus marking the verification as done. The Vivid verification was reported successfully in comment # 6 ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Fix Committed = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
This bug was fixed in the package shadow - 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1 --- shadow (1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1) trusty; urgency=medium [ William Grant ] * debian/patches/1020_fix_user_busy_errors: - libmisc/user_busy.c: Call sub_uid_close in all error cases, otherwise code that later opens it as RW fails obscurely. (LP: #1342875) -- Steve Langasek steve.langa...@ubuntu.com Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:06:20 -0700 ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
Hello Robert, or anyone else affected, Accepted shadow into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/shadow ** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/utopic-proposed/shadow -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Description changed: - A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf - username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images - prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise - (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. + [SRU justification] + Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. + + [Test case] + 1. Create a trusty schroot environment + 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty + 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) + 4. Observe the following error: + userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 + userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid + 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed + 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again + 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. + + [Regression potential] + Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. + + + A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Triaged Bug description: [SRU justification] Regression from previous releases, this prevents cloud instance setup processes from removing the default admin account that's exists solely for the purpose of the setup itself. [Test case] 1. Create a trusty schroot environment 2. Log into the trusty schroot environment as a non-root admin user: schroot -c trusty 3. Attempt to remove the admin account: sudo userdel -f vorlon (warning! do not use -r if your host system's home directory is mounted!) 4. Observe the following error: userdel: user vorlon is currently used by process 5253 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid 5. Upgrade to the passwd package from trusty-proposed 6. Attempt to remove the admin account again 7. Verify that the command has succeeded. [Regression potential] Minimal, as this is a targeted bugfix to the error handling for subuids. A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list:
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
This issue still exists in the latest 12.04, 14.04, and 14.10 images in Azure On 12.04: # userdel -f -r azureuser userdel: user azureuser is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/azureuser: No such file or directory sent invalidate(passwd) request, exiting sent invalidate(group) request, exiting sent invalidate(passwd) request, exiting sent invalidate(group) request, exiting On 14.04 and 14.10: # userdel -f -r azureuser userdel: user azureuser is currently used by process 1783 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Triaged Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Won't Fix = Triaged ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Won't Fix = Triaged ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Triaged Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
I tested the vivid package. 1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu3 recreated the issue but in 1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu4 --force works. Requesting SRU of fixes from bug #1436937 back to Trusty/Utopic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
This was a deliberate change by upstream as a part of adding support for subordinate ids. You can find the full list of patches in shadow devel mailing list: https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-shadow- devel/2013-January/thread.html#9561 The specific patch affecting userdel can be found here: https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-shadow- devel/2013-January/009561.html ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
Actually, it seems to me that the following fix resolves the issue. shadow (1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu4) vivid; urgency=medium * debian/patches/1020_fix_user_busy_errors: - libmisc/user_busy.c: Call sub_uid_close in all error cases, otherwise code that later opens it as RW fails obscurely. (LP: #1436937) -- William Grant wgr...@ubuntu.com Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:41:47 +0100 (vivid-amd64)root@impulse:/home/bdmurray# apt-get install passwd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: passwd 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 60 not upgraded. Need to get 760 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-proposed/main passwd amd64 1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu4 [760 kB] Fetched 760 kB in 6s (117 kB/s) (Reading database ... 14236 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../passwd_1%3a4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking passwd (1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu4) over (1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu3) ... (vivid-amd64)root@impulse:/home/bdmurray# su test (vivid-amd64)test@impulse:/home/bdmurray$ sudo userdel -rf test sudo: unable to resolve host impulse userdel: user test is currently used by process 32256 userdel: test mail spool (/var/mail/test) not found (vivid-amd64)test@impulse:/home/bdmurray$ exit su: User not known to the underlying authentication module (vivid-amd64)root@impulse:/home/bdmurray# su test No passwd entry for user 'test' ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Won't Fix Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Won't Fix Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Tags added: trusty utopic ** Tags added: vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in shadow source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in shadow source package in Utopic: Confirmed Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
As a temporary workaround for tools like waagent -deprovision+user, I
can suggest rm -f /etc/sub{g,u}id{-} before running the waagent.
Hope it'll get fixed sooner than later because this really is a huge
problem.
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Title:
Unable to delete currently logged in user
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “shadow” source package in Trusty:
Confirmed
Status in “shadow” source package in Utopic:
Confirmed
Bug description:
A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf
username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running
images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from
Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with
Saucy.
Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty):
# sudo adduser test
# sudo usermod -aG sudo test
## As the 'test' user
# sudo userdel -rf test
userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600
userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid
## User is not removed
Previously (output from precise)
# sudo userdel -rf test
userdel: user test is currently logged in
userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory
## User is removed
This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the
'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had
previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work
again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud
images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to
run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to
image capture.
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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Utopic: Confirmed Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Utopic: Confirmed Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Status in “shadow” source package in Utopic: Confirmed Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1342875] Re: Unable to delete currently logged in user
** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342875 Title: Unable to delete currently logged in user Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “shadow” source package in Trusty: New Status in “shadow” source package in Utopic: New Bug description: A user can not delete themselves using the command 'sudo userdel -rf username', this is common in cloud tools that clean up running images prior to capture. A quick test shows that this worked from Precise (didn't look back further) to Raring and stopped working with Saucy. Here's a quick example of the failure (from trusty): # sudo adduser test # sudo usermod -aG sudo test ## As the 'test' user # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently used by process 9600 userdel: cannot open /etc/subuid ## User is not removed Previously (output from precise) # sudo userdel -rf test userdel: user test is currently logged in userdel: warning: can't remove /var/mail/test: No such file or directory ## User is removed This is being run as the last command by tools that remove the 'ubuntu' user to clean the image prior to capture. This had previously worked and it is preferable that this could be made to work again. The alternative is removal by root, but the root user on cloud images is locked down and we would not want the user to enable root to run userdel on the risk of it not getting disabled properly prior to image capture. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1342875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
