On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 09:57:06PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 04:42:41PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > It turned out that the test failed because the user "fsgqa" did not > > have the "fsgqa" group assigned. After rectifying this, the test > > passed successfully. > > > > But it is nowhere stated that this has to be that way. > > > > README says only: > > 6. (optional) Create fsgqa test users and groups: > > > > $ sudo useradd -m fsgqa > > $ sudo useradd 123456-fsgqa > > $ sudo useradd fsgqa2 > > $ sudo groupadd fsgqa > > The useradd program creates the /etc/passwd entry as well as the > /etc/group entry. Demonstration: > > % kvm-xfstests shell > ... > root@kvm-xfstests:~# grep foobarbaz /etc/passwd > root@kvm-xfstests:~# grep foobarbaz /etc/group > root@kvm-xfstests:~# useradd foobarbaz > root@kvm-xfstests:~# grep foobarbaz /etc/passwd > foobarbaz:x:31418:31418::/home/foobarbaz:/bin/sh > root@kvm-xfstests:~# grep foobarbaz /etc/group > foobarbaz:x:31418: > > I don't know why that "sudo groupadd fsgqa" is in the README; it's not > necessary, and it would cause a "group already exists" error message. > For example: > > root@kvm-xfstests:~# groupadd foobarbaz > groupadd: group 'foobarbaz' already exists Hi Ted, Yes, it'll fail as this, if USERGROUPS_ENAB is "yes" in /etc/login.defs. That steps aren't correct 100%. I'll update this part description :) Thanks, Zorro > > I did this demonstration using on a Debian-based test appliance. But > it looks like Fedora's "useradd" works exactly the same way. See the > web page here: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/system-administrators-guide/basic-system-configuration/Managing_Users_and_Groups/ > > - Ted >
