problems with today's rawhide

Warren Togami warren at togami.com
Sun Jan 25 02:57:46 UTC 2004


Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> system-config-users won't create new users.  clicking on ok produces:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-users/userWindow.py", line 227, in on_userWin_ok_button_clicked
>     if self.homeDirCheck.get_active() == gtk.TRUE:
> TypeError: argument 2 must be list, not str

I can reproduce this.

> 
> Account created with useradd (during kickstart %post) can't log in.
> gui and ssh logins exit immediately, and so does VT login without
> security context.  with security context, it asks for role and type,
> and nothing seems to work.  selinux doesn't seem to work, at all.  cat
> /selinux/context fails with invalid argument, and getconlist fails to
> write to it similarly.  I couldn't find other ways to create accounts
> that would get a functional login.
> 

useradd from a root console, then passwd setting a password worked for 
me.  I am able to login via GUI, ssh and text terminal with the non-root 
user.

Warren





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