Adding users to LiveCD

[Taylor, Monroe E]

I am creating liveCD with livecd-creator tool and using Livecd-fedora-9-base-desktop.ks as the kickstart file. I needed to a user so I added the following command to the add user section of the kickstart file

useradd -c "full name of user" username

I created the LiveCD and booted it. The user was listed on the login screen. However, I was not able to login using it. The following message was displayed "unable to authenticate user". Since I did not set a password I was expecting that it would login but it did not.

Additionally, I attempted to login using the default Fedora Live Login. It did not work but there was no message displayed. It

Any ideas on what is causing this problem?
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have you reset that users password

useradd -c "full name of user" username
passwd -d username > /dev/null

[Taylor, Monroe E]

No I did not. The reason since the default user login (fedora) does not work either. 
So I thought I see if new user worked without resetting password. Below is the section from the kickstart file I

# add fedora user with no passwd
useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
passwd -d fedora > /dev/null

useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor

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have you reset that users password

useradd -c "full name of user" username
passwd -d username > /dev/null

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try to blame SELinux

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:49:49 -0700, "Taylor, Monroe E"
 wrote:
> No I did not. The reason since the default user login (fedora) does not
> work either.
> So I thought I see if new user worked without resetting password. Below

is
> the section from the kickstart file I
>
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor
>
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> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of ???? ??????
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:38 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD
>
> have you reset that users password
>
> useradd -c "full name of user" username
> passwd -d username > /dev/null
>
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[Jesse Keating]

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:49 -0700, Taylor, Monroe E wrote:
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor

IIRC useradd doesn't use libuser, and cannot set selinux attributes
correctly.  Try luseradd instead?

[Taylor, Monroe E]

I used the luseradd command instead of the useradd command as follows;

# add fedora user with no passwd
useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
passwd -d fedora > /dev/null

luseradd -c "ipdt" ipdt
#usermod -p 'ipdt' ipdt

luseradd -c "Monroe Taylor" metaylor
#usermod -p 'rocket23' metaylor

After burning and booting the CD I confirmed that accounts for each of the 3 users (Fedora Live, ipdt, and Monroe Taylor) were present on the login screen. However, none of them worked, not even the default (Fedora Live).

For the two accounts I wanted to add, the error message was unable to authenticate user I even selected other and tried to use root but got the same result. When I tried the default, the screen changed as if it was logging in, but it returned to the login screen without any error reporting.

Are there any other ideas? It seems to me that at least the default should work.

Sorry for the late reply

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:50 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:49 -0700, Taylor, Monroe E wrote:
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor

IIRC useradd doesn't use libuser, and cannot set selinux attributes
correctly.  Try luseradd instead?

[Todd Cooper]

I had the same problem.
I tried it under Fedora 8 and it worked.
I have tried Fedora 10 Beta and can't get the CD to roll and I changed to try to roll a Live CentOS or Redhat CD.

________________________________
From: "Taylor, Monroe E" 
To: "[e-mail]" 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:50:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

I used the luseradd command instead of the useradd command as follows;

# add fedora user with no passwd
useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
passwd -d fedora > /dev/null

luseradd -c "ipdt" ipdt
#usermod -p 'ipdt' ipdt

luseradd -c "Monroe Taylor" metaylor
#usermod -p 'rocket23' metaylor

After burning and booting the CD I confirmed that accounts for each of the 3 users (Fedora Live, ipdt, and Monroe Taylor) were present on the login screen. However, none of them worked, not even the default (Fedora Live).

For the two accounts I wanted to add, the error message was unable to authenticate user I even selected other and tried to use root but got the same result. When I tried the default, the screen changed as if it was logging in, but it returned to the login screen without any error reporting.

Are there any other ideas? It seems to me that at least the default should work.

Sorry for the late reply

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:50 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:49 -0700, Taylor, Monroe E wrote:
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor

IIRC useradd doesn't use libuser, and cannot set selinux attributes
correctly.  Try luseradd instead?

[Taylor, Monroe E]

Please clarify if Fedora 8 worked by changing to luseradd or if it worked using useradd.

________________________________
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Todd Cooper
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:55 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

I had the same problem.
I tried it under Fedora 8 and it worked.
I have tried Fedora 10 Beta and can't get the CD to roll and I changed to try to roll a Live CentOS or Redhat CD.

________________________________
From: "Taylor, Monroe E" 
To: "[e-mail]" 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:50:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

I used the luseradd command instead of the useradd command as follows;

# add fedora user with no passwd
useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
passwd -d fedora > /dev/null

luseradd -c "ipdt" ipdt
#usermod -p 'ipdt' ipdt

luseradd -c "Monroe Taylor" metaylor
#usermod -p 'rocket23' metaylor

After burning and booting the CD I confirmed that accounts for each of the 3 users (Fedora Live, ipdt, and Monroe Taylor) were present on the login screen. However, none of them worked, not even the default (Fedora Live).

For the two accounts I wanted to add, the error message was unable to authenticate user I even selected other and tried to use root but got the same result. When I tried the default, the screen changed as if it was logging in, but it returned to the login screen without any error reporting.

Are there any other ideas? It seems to me that at least the default should work.

Sorry for the late reply

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:50 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:49 -0700, Taylor, Monroe E wrote:
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c "monroe taylor" metaylor

IIRC useradd doesn't use libuser, and cannot set selinux attributes
correctly.  Try luseradd instead?

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[Todd Cooper]

Fedora 8 worked with just useradd.

________________________________
From: "Taylor, Monroe E" 
To: Todd Cooper ; "[e-mail]" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:59:37 PM
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

Please clarify if Fedora 8 worked by
changing to luseradd or if it worked using useradd.

________________________________

From:[e-mail]
[mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Todd Cooper
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008
1:55 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list]
Adding users to LiveCD

I had the same problem.
I tried it under Fedora 8 and it worked.
I have tried Fedora 10 Beta and can't get the CD to roll and I changed to try
to roll a Live CentOS or Redhat CD.

________________________________

From:"Taylor,
Monroe E" 
To: " [e-mail] "
< [e-mail] >
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008
3:50:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list]
Adding users to LiveCD

I used the luseradd command instead of the useradd command as follows;

# add fedora user with no passwd
useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
passwd -d fedora > /dev/null

luseradd -c "ipdt" ipdt
#usermod -p 'ipdt' ipdt

luseradd -c "Monroe Taylor" metaylor
#usermod -p 'rocket23' metaylor

After burning and booting the CD I confirmed that accounts for each of the 3
users (Fedora Live, ipdt, and Monroe Taylor) were present on the login screen.
However, none of them worked, not even the default (Fedora Live).

For the two accounts I wanted to add, the error message was unable to
authenticate user I even selected other and tried to use root but got the same
result. When I tried the default, the screen changed as if it was logging in,
but it returned to the login screen without any error reporting.

Are there any other ideas? It seems to me that at least the default should
work.

Sorry for the late reply

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:50 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: [Fedora-livecd-list] Adding users to LiveCD

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:49 -0700, Taylor ,
Monroe E wrote:
> # add fedora user with no passwd
> useradd -c "Fedora Live" fedora
> passwd -d fedora > /dev/null
>
> useradd -c "ipdg" ipdt
> useradd -c " monroe taylor " metaylor

IIRC useradd doesn't use libuser, and cannot set selinux attributes
correctly.  Try luseradd instead?