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------- Comment From mainamdar at in.ibm.com 2015-01-19 10:36 EDT-------
Hello Ubuntu,

Any update on this?

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Title:
  chfn does not work in chroot environment

Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Guang Cheng Li <liguangc at cn.ibm.com> - 2015-01-07 01:51:51 ==
  ---Problem Description---
  chfn does not work in a chroot environment.

  In a chroot environment, the chroot exits with error "chfn: PAM:
  System error" and does not do anything.

  This might be related to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763391 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745082
   
  Contact Information = Guang Cheng Li liguangc at cn.ibm.com, Ralph Bellofatto ralphbel at us.ibm.com 
   
  ---uname output---
  Linux tulgpu002 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:55:08 UTC 2014 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = N/A 
   
  ---Debugger---
  A debugger is not configured
   
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   Create a Ubuntu chroot environment, chroot into the directory, then run chfn.

  root at tulgpu002:~# ls
  chfn-error-rootimg
  root at tulgpu002:~# chroot chfn-error-rootimg
  root at tulgpu002:/# ls
  bin   dev  home        lib    media  opt   root  sbin  sys  usr  vmlinux
  boot  etc  initrd.img  lib64  mnt    proc  run   srv   tmp  var  xcatpost
  root at tulgpu002:/# 
  root at tulgpu002:/# chfn -f 'games user id' games
  chfn: PAM: System error
  root at tulgpu002:/# 

   
  *Additional Instructions for Guang Cheng Li liguangc at cn.ibm.com, Ralph Bellofatto ralphbel at us.ibm.com: 
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