On 4/8/25 11:15, Nell Jerram wrote:
> Many thanks for this Thomas.  I am using OpenStack Caracal packages on
> Ubuntu Jammy (using cloud-archive:caracal), so I'm surprised I'm not
> seeing those numbers.
>
> Aha, my setup script creates the nova user with
>
>      useradd -m -p password -s /bin/bash nova
>
> _before_ installing the nova packages.  I wonder if this is indeed the
> problem...
>
> Best wishes - Nell

Well, I just had a quick look at the Ubuntu packages, and they are
creating the UID / GID for you (see below). I'd suggest either doing
what the package does in your script, or just let the package do it.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

#!/bin/sh -e

NOVA_UID=64060
NOVA_GID=64060

if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
     if ! getent group nova > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         addgroup --quiet --system \
             --gid $NOVA_GID nova 2>/dev/null
     fi

     if ! getent passwd nova > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         adduser --quiet --system \
             --home /var/lib/nova \
             --no-create-home \
             --uid $NOVA_UID \
             --gid $NOVA_GID \
             --shell /usr/sbin/nologin nova 2>/dev/null
     fi

     if [ -z "$2" ]; then
         # New install - blanket permissions
         chown -R nova:nova /var/lib/nova/
     fi

     chown nova:adm /var/log/nova
     chmod 0750 /var/log/nova