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Title: chfn does not work in chroot environment Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Guang Cheng Li <ligua...@cn.ibm.com> - 2015-01-07 01:51:51 == ---Problem Description--- chfn does not work in a chroot environment. In a chroot environment, the chroot exits with error "chfn: PAM: System error" and does not do anything. This might be related to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763391 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745082 Contact Information = Guang Cheng Li ligua...@cn.ibm.com, Ralph Bellofatto ralph...@us.ibm.com ---uname output--- Linux tulgpu002 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:55:08 UTC 2014 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = N/A ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured ---Steps to Reproduce--- Create a Ubuntu chroot environment, chroot into the directory, then run chfn. root@tulgpu002:~# ls chfn-error-rootimg root@tulgpu002:~# chroot chfn-error-rootimg root@tulgpu002:/# ls bin dev home lib media opt root sbin sys usr vmlinux boot etc initrd.img lib64 mnt proc run srv tmp var xcatpost root@tulgpu002:/# root@tulgpu002:/# chfn -f 'games user id' games chfn: PAM: System error root@tulgpu002:/# *Additional Instructions for Guang Cheng Li ligua...@cn.ibm.com, Ralph Bellofatto ralph...@us.ibm.com: -Post a private note with access information to the machine that the bug is occuring on. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1408589/+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
