Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and contributing to Ubuntu. The dhcpcd user is created by dhcpcd-base. So the user should exist.
Please test the attached patch that only copies the dhcpcd user into the initramfs. ** Patch added: "0001-Copy-only-dhcpcd-user-into-initramfs-etc-passwd.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2059739/+attachment/5761741/+files/0001-Copy-only-dhcpcd-user-into-initramfs-etc-passwd.patch ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2059739 Title: initramfs-tools 0.142ubuntu23 copies host /etc/passwd into initramfs Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Recent changes to the dhcpd hook shipped with dhcpdinitramfs-tools 0.142ubuntu23 (noble-dev) copy the host /etc/passwd into the initramfs-image: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/commit/hooks/dhcpcd?h=applied/ubuntu/noble&id=73c865b9d234087d977d7baa20852639746567fd This has multiple problems: * The passwd file is copied without checking if the dhcpcd user actually exists (which is created by dhcpcd package, but only dhcpcd-base is installed via dependencies) * The change breaks dropbear-initramfs because the passwd file contains a root user with a non existing home directory * leaking user information into initramfs (which may or may not be a problem on fully encrypted systems) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2059739/+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
