[VCL-646] Ubuntu.pm doesn't set userid when creating a user account

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Labels: ubuntu uid vcld,

Environment

Ubuntu 12.04 image, LDAP-derived user-ids

• Assignee: Frank Aaron Peeler
• Reporter: Nathaniel Sherry
• Created: 08/Nov/12 17:23
• Updated: 20/Nov/14 14:44
• Resolved: 07/May/13 19:40

Description

By default, when Ubuntu.pm creates user accounts in the 'reserve' function, it does not set the user id for the account. The user account would be created with uid 1000

My work-around was to replace

my $useradd_string = "/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/$user_name -m -g admin $user_name";

with

my $user_uid = $self->data->get_user_uid();
my $useradd_string = "/usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/$user_name -m -u $user_uid -g adm $user_name";

Please note that these updated lines also contain a fix for the 'admin' group not existing, but rather the 'adm' group.