RE: [Xen-users] Can't add a user to Xen 3.0.3 VM !

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: okhalid.cern@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:okhalid.cern@xxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf Of Omer Khalid
> Sent: 24 January 2007 15:00
> To: Henning Sprang; Christopher G. Stach II; Petersson, Mats
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Can't add a user to Xen 3.0.3 VM !
> 
> OK... I followed Mat's suggestion and added  a user "blah" to 
> /etc/passwd file. When I tried to update its password, I got 
> the following error:
> 
> [root@CTBhome]# passwd blah
> Changing password for user blah.
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

Let me guess: You have selinux on your machine? If that's the case, you
need to use the "approved" method of adding users. Again, nothing to do
with Xen.

--
Mats
> 
> ==
> 
> When I execute " pwconv", I get the following error:
> 
> [root@CTB home]# pwconv
> pwconv: can't update shadow file
> 
> Christopher, I did't what you meant regarding "vipw', and 
> then "cp -a /etc/skel/..".. could you explain?

vipw is a special script/application that essentially does "vi passwd".
Not sure what the purpose of the copying of /etc/skel is supposed to do.


--
Mats
> 
> Any more ideas gentlemen? 
> 
> Cheers
> Omer
> 
> 
> On 1/24/07, Henning Sprang <henning_sprang@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>       On 1/24/07, Omer Khalid <Omer.Khalid@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>       > Hi,
>       >
>       > I am running a VM with Xen 3.0.3. The domU OS is 
> Scientific Linux 4 which is
>       > based on Red Hat Enterprise 4.4. I could deploy the 
> virtual machine, and it
>       > runs all the services but I can't add new user. I get 
> the following error:
>       >
>       > [root@CTB /]# uname -r
>       > 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.cernxenU
>       > [root@CTB /]# adduser testuser
>       > adduser: cannot rewrite password file
>       
>       Hmm, in some redhat or suse based vm, depending on how they were
>       installed, I needed to do a "pwconv" first, before 
> being a ble to use 
>       the passwd file correctly.
>       
>       HTH
>       Henning
>       
> 
> 
> 
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