Re: [Jailkit-users] Config problems - New users don't work

[Derek Weichenthal]

On 06/23/2010 11:39 AM, Olivier Sessink wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 03:36 PM, Derek Weichenthal wrote:
> > On 06/22/2010 08:59 AM, Olivier Sessink wrote:
> > > On 06/21/2010 02:41 PM, Derek Weichenthal wrote:
> > > > address@hidden:/jail/etc# ls -la
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86 Jun 10 09:50 passwd
> > > >
> > > > address@hidden:/jail/etc# ls -la /etc/passwd
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2370 Jun 10 09:50 /etc/passwd
> > > >
> > > > There is no libnsswitch.conf file present on the system. I am using 
> > > > NIS
> > > > though for network authentication, could that possibly be the problem?
> > > > My old accounts work while on NIS just fine, though it was with an 
> > > > older
> > > > build.
> > >
> > > if the system is configured for NIS is the jail also correctly
> > > configured so it will find the account information correctly? Remember
> > > that executables inside the jail cannot read config files from the
> > > real system!
> > >
> > > Olivier
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> > The account I am testing with is not part of the NIS users and the
> > previous accounts are not either, they were just created locally on the
> > system and not added to the NIS setup. Could it be something else
> > causing the problem? I don't think I mentioned my system before but I am
> > using Centos5(RHEL5).
>
> are the other jails installed on the same system? what are the 
> differences between those jails? (try with diff -u /workingjail /newjail)
>
> Olivier

Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/bin and /var/chroot/gennum/bin
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/dev and /var/chroot/gennum/dev
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/etc and /var/chroot/gennum/etc
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/home and /var/chroot/gennum/home
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/lib and /var/chroot/gennum/lib
Only in /var/chroot/gennum: lib64
Only in /var/chroot/gennum: sbin
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/tmp and /var/chroot/gennum/tmp
Common subdirectories: /var/chroot/cmac/usr and /var/chroot/gennum/usr

The differences are the same for each working and non working jail.

Derek