[Bug 1239471] [NEW] oem user gets deleted even before "Prepare for shipping to end user"

[Jason Gerard DeRose]

Public bug reported:

A regression was introduced in fixing this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1231166

As it stands now, the oem user gets deleted every time the oem-config
upstart job gets run (not just when running the end user config, after
clicking "Prepare for shipping to end user"). So you can never log into
the OEM account... on the first boot after the install, the OEM account
will already be gone, only the temporary session is available.

I know it's getting down the wire and the proper fix might not make the
ISO, but my vote is to at least back this change out because it actually
makes it worse from an OEM perspective.

At least in terms of the processes that System76 uses, it's not a deal-
breaker if the ISO doesn't contain a Ubiquity version that we can ship
to customers, because we regularly update our golden image, can easily
add a patched Ubiquity if needed. But it's a huge pain if the ISO
contains an oem-config so broken that we can't easily master our golden
images in the first place.

Currently to work around this you must do an OEM mode install, then
remount the target device after the install finishes (before you reboot)
and edit /etc/init/oem-config.conf, removing this post-start script bit
at the end:

post-start script
# Remove the temporary OEM configuration user, again, if possible.
# If and when oem-config-wrapper fails http://pad.lv/1231166
    [ -f /var/lib/oem-config/remove-oem ]
    rm -f /var/lib/oem-config/remove-oem
    if getent passwd oem >/dev/null; then
        userdel --force --remove oem || true
    fi
end script

Note that it would of course be nice to have a proper fix SRU in the
near future. I'm just thinking strategically about what we'll be stuck
with on the 13.10 ISO.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: saucy system76

** Branch linked: lp:~jderose/ubiquity/fix-1239471

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Title:
  oem user gets deleted even before "Prepare for shipping to end user"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A regression was introduced in fixing this bug:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1231166

  As it stands now, the oem user gets deleted every time the oem-config
  upstart job gets run (not just when running the end user config, after
  clicking "Prepare for shipping to end user"). So you can never log
  into the OEM account... on the first boot after the install, the OEM
  account will already be gone, only the temporary session is available.

  I know it's getting down the wire and the proper fix might not make
  the ISO, but my vote is to at least back this change out because it
  actually makes it worse from an OEM perspective.

  At least in terms of the processes that System76 uses, it's not a
  deal-breaker if the ISO doesn't contain a Ubiquity version that we can
  ship to customers, because we regularly update our golden image, can
  easily add a patched Ubiquity if needed. But it's a huge pain if the
  ISO contains an oem-config so broken that we can't easily master our
  golden images in the first place.

  Currently to work around this you must do an OEM mode install, then
  remount the target device after the install finishes (before you
  reboot) and edit /etc/init/oem-config.conf, removing this post-start
  script bit at the end:

  post-start script
  # Remove the temporary OEM configuration user, again, if possible.
  # If and when oem-config-wrapper fails http://pad.lv/1231166
      [ -f /var/lib/oem-config/remove-oem ]
      rm -f /var/lib/oem-config/remove-oem
      if getent passwd oem >/dev/null; then
          userdel --force --remove oem || true
      fi
  end script

  Note that it would of course be nice to have a proper fix SRU in the
  near future. I'm just thinking strategically about what we'll be stuck
  with on the 13.10 ISO.

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