168626 – ERROR! Failure to add user <username>

Bug 168626 - ERROR! Failure to add user <username>

Summary: ERROR! Failure to add user <username>

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installer (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Installer

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Reported:	2007-02-27 20:15 UTC by Claudio Smith
Modified:	2007-05-10 15:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Screenshot of the Failure (Screenshot.png,150.87 KB, image/png) 2007-02-27 20:17 UTC, Claudio Smith	Details
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Description Claudio Smith 2007-02-27 20:15:01 UTC

Durint the gentoo installer, there is a prompt to add new users. The user added will fail during install with the ERROR! message:
ERROR! Failure to add user <username>

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the GUI installer
2. Enter an additional username
3. Watch the installer crash miserably

Actual Results:  
The user is not added

Expected Results:  
The user should be added

Comment 1 Claudio Smith 2007-02-27 20:17:27 UTC

Created attachment 111464 [details]
Screenshot of the Failure

Comment 2 Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-27 20:23:42 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=111464) [edit]
> Screenshot of the Failure 
> 

That's not text/plain...

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-27 22:59:38 UTC

This has nothing in common w/ Gentoo Bugzilla product; read the descriptions.

Comment 4 Preston Cody (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-28 04:08:37 UTC

were you adding the user to any groups?  perhaps groups that didn't exist?