Description of problem: 1. Started VirtualBox version 5.1.26 r117224 (Qt5.6.2) on Windows 10 1703 2. Create a new virtual machine; 2048 MB RAM; 16 GB dynamic disk; EFI system checked in the options; rest default 3. Boot installer 4. From the "try/install" popup, select install 5. Set locale to enGB 6. Auto detect timezone to EU/Amsterdam 7. Use automatic partitioning (problem happens when reclaiming the disk, and when using a clean disk) 8. Set root password to '123' 9. Set user and user password both to '123' 10. The installer fails after installing the system, at 'Creating users' Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-core-26.21.11-1.fc26.x86_64 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 26.21.11-1 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/users.py", line 404, in createUser raise OSError("Unable to create user %s: status=%s" % (user_name, status)) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 1825, in execute users.createUser(usr.name, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/install_tasks.py", line 437, in run_task self._task(*self._task_args, **self._task_kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/install_tasks.py", line 471, in start self.run_task() File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/install_tasks.py", line 303, in start item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/install_tasks.py", line 303, in start item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/install.py", line 194, in doConfiguration configuration_queue.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/threading.py", line 864, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 251, in run threading.Thread.run(self) OSError: Unable to create user 123: status=3 Additional info: addons: com_redhat_kdump cmdline: /usr/libexec/system-python /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-WS-Live-26-1-5 rd.live.image quiet executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 4.11.8-300.fc26.x86_64 other involved packages: system-python-libs-3.6.1-8.fc26.x86_64 product: Fedora release: Fedora release 26 (Twenty Six) type: anaconda version: 26
Created attachment 1324985 [details] File: anaconda-tb
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Fixed in a pull request: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/1192
anaconda-27.20.4-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-fe6c2736ca
anaconda-27.20.4-1.fc27, pykickstart-2.40-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-fe6c2736ca
Proposing as a Final freeze exception - this is an undesirable installer behaviour, obviously cannot be fixed with an update.
+1 FE
That's +3, setting accepted.
anaconda-27.20.4-1.fc27, pykickstart-2.40-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
*** Bug 1471530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 1405823 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***