As an additional test I had the following executable script in the chroot by placing it in config/hooks/500-add-user-to-iocard-group.chroot
8<---- #!/bin/sh echo echo "NB: live-config hook: adding user to group iocard" cmd="user-setup passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom dip floppy video plugdev netdev powerdev scanner bluetooth iocard" echo "NB: piping the following to debconf-set-selections: $cmd" echo $cmd | debconf-set-selections 8<---- The log file shows the following: 8<---- P: Begin executing hooks... NB: live-config hook: adding user to group iocard NB: piping the following to debconf-set-selections: user-setup passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom dip floppy video plugdev netdev powerdev scanner bluetooth iocard NB: Running ldconfig to recognise locally installed libraries Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Del libqtgui4 4:4.7.3-5 [5297 kB] Del libqt4-xml 4:4.7.3-5 [149 kB] Del libqt4-test 4:4.7.3-5 [101 kB] Del libqtcore4 4:4.7.3-5 [2838 kB] Del libcurl3-gnutls 7.23.1-3 [312 kB] Del libqt4-network 4:4.7.3-5 [759 kB] Del libqt4-dbus 4:4.7.3-5 [282 kB] Del pm-utils 1.4.1-8 [127 kB] Del libqt4-script 4:4.7.3-5 [1098 kB] Del libqt4-core 4:4.7.3-5 [38.5 kB] [2012-01-27 16:28:56] lb_chroot_hacks P: Begin executing hacks... 8<---- However, the groups are still not set as expected. Could it be that something is overriding the passwd/user-default-groups setting later on? Nick/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org