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GID/UID mismatch for users.
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See this bug. Calamares version 3.2.35 or greater is needed and settings in calamares-settings-ubuntu need to change.
In the users.conf for the users module the sambashare user needs to look like the following:

defaultGroups:
    - adm
    - cdrom
    - dip
    - lpadmin
    - plugdev
    - name: sambashare
      must_exist: false
      system: true
    - sudo

For reference on the users.conf refer to the Calamares example

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 Resolvedkc2bezT181 GID/UID mismatch for users.

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kc2bez triaged this task as Normal priority.Dec 24 2020, 11:32 PM
kc2bez created this task.
kc2bez added a parent task: T172: Lubuntu 21.04.Dec 24 2020, 11:47 PM
wxl added a subscriber: wxl.Thu, Dec 31, 9:56 PM

Here's a potential fix for already installed systems.

kc2bez added a comment.Sun, Jan 3, 6:47 PM

This change is in proposed now for new installs.

guiverc added a subscriber: guiverc.EditedTue, Jan 5, 2:07 AM

Hirsute install on d755-8 shows $UID and $GROUPS both containing 1000
A quick look in /etc/shadow & /etc/passwd and I see reference to 1000/1001 gone, now only 1000

kc2bez added a comment.Wed, Jan 6, 2:23 AM

This should be taken care of on the installer side of things now. The only question that remains is what do we do about existing installs? I think @wxl 's fix is probably sufficient for the number of support cases this is likely to have. It is a bit of an edge case to have. You would need to be mounting files from an install. Maybe we just backpocket that as documentation and point folks towards it if/when they bump into it?

wxl added a comment.Wed, Jan 6, 6:11 AM

I think it's wise to document it somewhere and Discourse is as good as any. However, I think my little solution needs a more organized format if we were to use for the purposes of documentation. I guess I can probably edit that post and we can call it good.

One comment, though: I do think this is something that should be able to be done in situ. Do you have good reason to think otherwise @kc2bez ?

kc2bez added a comment.Wed, Jan 6, 12:56 PM
In T181#4022, @wxl wrote:

I think it's wise to document it somewhere and Discourse is as good as any. However, I think my little solution needs a more organized format if we were to use for the purposes of documentation. I guess I can probably edit that post and we can call it good.

One comment, though: I do think this is something that should be able to be done in situ. Do you have good reason to think otherwise @kc2bez ?

No, I think we are on the same page there. I was thinking the same.

wxl closed this task as Resolved.Wed, Jan 6, 5:16 PM

The only reason I said that is because you said "you would need to be mounting files from an install."

Anywho, @guiverc proved my point that the original post was poorly organized, so I fixed that last night. We should be good to go to just reference people towards that.

That said, we're good. Thanks!