I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server (64-bit) on a Raspberry PI 4B. I've created an image with the Raspberry Pi Imager, with a user/password and SSH enabled. The cloud-init script fails when trying to add the user:
2023-04-15 15:02:17,150 - __init__.py[DEBUG]: Adding user [USERNAME]
2023-04-15 15:02:17,151 - subp.py[DEBUG]: Running hidden command to protect sensitive input/output logstring: ['useradd', '[USERNAME]', '--groups', 'users,adm,dialout,audio,netdev,video,plugdev,cdrom,games,input,gpio,spi,i2c,render,sudo', '--password', 'REDACTED', '--shell', '/bin/bash', '-m']
2023-04-15 15:02:17,210 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed to create user [USERNAME]
2023-04-15 15:02:17,210 - util.py[DEBUG]: Failed to create user [USERNAME]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py", line 608, in add_user
subp.subp(useradd_cmd, logstring=log_useradd_cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/subp.py", line 335, in subp
raise ProcessExecutionError(
cloudinit.subp.ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command.
Command: ['useradd', '[USERNAME]', '--groups', 'users,adm,dialout,audio,netdev,video,plugdev,cdrom,games,input,gpio,spi,i2c,render,sudo', '--password', '[PASSWORD]', '--shell', '/bin/bash', '-m']
Exit code: 9
Reason: -
Stdout:
Stderr: useradd: group [USERNAME] exists - if you want to add this user to that group, use -g.
2023-04-15 15:02:17,216 - handlers.py[DEBUG]: finish: init-local/config-users-groups: FAIL: running config-users-groups with frequency once-per-instance
2023-04-15 15:02:17,216 - util.py[WARNING]: Running module users-groups (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_users_groups' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_users_groups.py'>) failed
2023-04-15 15:02:17,216 - util.py[DEBUG]: Running module users-groups (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_users_groups' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_users_groups.py'>) failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/modules.py", line 246, in _run_modules
ran, _r = cc.run(
^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/cloud.py", line 67, in run
return self._runners.run(name, functor, args, freq, clear_on_fail)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/helpers.py", line 185, in run
results = functor(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_users_groups.py", line 211, in handle
cloud.distro.create_user(user, **config)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py", line 665, in create_user
self.add_user(name, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py", line 611, in add_user
raise e
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py", line 608, in add_user
subp.subp(useradd_cmd, logstring=log_useradd_cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/subp.py", line 335, in subp
raise ProcessExecutionError(
cloudinit.subp.ProcessExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command.
Command: ['useradd', '[USERNAME]', '--groups', 'users,adm,dialout,audio,netdev,video,plugdev,cdrom,games,input,gpio,spi,i2c,render,sudo', '--password', '[PASSWORD]', '--shell', '/bin/bash', '-m']
Exit code: 9
Any hints to what I do wrong?
