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Cannot add user to group via configuration
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Description

In previous releases 1.2.x I can add users to additional groups. But now this feature disappeared.

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vyos@vyos# set system login user test 
Possible completions:
> authentication
              Password authentication
 full-name    Full name of the user (use quotes for names with spaces)
 home-directory
              Home directory

    
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vyos@vyos# set system login user test group floppy

  Configuration path: system login user test [group] is not valid
  Set failed

Details

Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
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Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Behavior change
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

c-po claimed this task.

Why you would line to add a user to an additional group?

I prefer build images with some additional packages, such as cups. For example in order to administer printer I should add user to group lpadmin. In releases 1.2.x it was easy, but now I necessary after each update do it manually.

Why install the remote print sharing service on the router and use cups, you must install the printer driver on the cups server to make it work. VyOS is not a general server operating system, so you should install cups on a physical server or virtual server

Yes I know that I must install printer driver. I successfully solved this problem long time ago by using additional partition. And YES I KNOW that VyOS is not a general server operating system. But some time convenient use ONE universal host instead two or more.

If your device supports virtualization, you can consider running both VyOS and cups servers in KVM (there are many open source projects that can do this, such as Proxmox Ve)

@vlesk once container support is added you have a better way by usibg a dedicates container on your VyOS installation.

@Viacheslav is working on it

Ok. I will try to use containers, this good idea.
Containers will be more predictable and stable I suppose.

erkin renamed this task from Can not add user to group via configuration to Cannot add user to group via configuration.Aug 29 2021, 12:02 PM
erkin changed Is it a breaking change? from Unspecified (possibly destroys the router) to Behavior change.
erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).
erkin removed a subscriber: Active contributors.