useradd returns an error message when creating system users. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: ``` sudo useradd -r test ``` Actual Results: ``` > sudo useradd -r test useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 983: No such file or directory ``` Expected Results: useradd should not return errors when creating system users. This problem also happens when installing packages with DNF.
I think you catched https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1072. I'll start backporting it. Just a heads-up but the fix will take some time to land in fedora 40.
FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a (shadow-utils-4.15.1-11.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a
FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2024-60ccc2b07a (shadow-utils-4.15.1-11.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
I tested Fedora 41 and the problem persists: ``` > rpm -q shadow-utils shadow-utils-4.15.1-11.fc41.x86_64 > sudo useradd -r test useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 982: No such file or directory ```
I'm unable to reproduce it after the patch. One thing I can think of is that you are reusing the UID of an already deleted user. Is that possible?
Creating 100 users for testing: ``` > for I in $(seq 100); do sudo useradd -r test${RANDOM}; done useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 958: No such file or directory useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 957: No such file or directory useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 956: No such file or directory [...] useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 861: No such file or directory useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 860: No such file or directory useradd: failed to reset the lastlog entry of UID 859: No such file or directory ```
Ok, now I've been able to reproduce it. I'll take a closer look and how to fix it in the following days.
FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd (shadow-utils-4.15.1-12.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd
FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2024-7cf039d7dd (shadow-utils-4.15.1-12.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9 (shadow-utils-4.15.1-4.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9
FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9 has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2024-8bc9e9b4d9 (shadow-utils-4.15.1-4.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.