Unable to change UID using salt

[Jeevan Reddy]

Hi,

I am trying to change a UID to a static one for a group of users and when I apply the salt state I see an error Comment: These values could not be changed: {'uid': 20000} Code:   jreddy:
    fullname: Jeevan Reddy
    groups:
      - noc
    uid: 20000

salt state init.sls file:
user.present:
  - name: jreddy
  - fullname: Jeevan Reddy
  - home: /home/ jreddy
  - gid: {{ salt['file.group_to_gid']('users') }}
  - uid: 20000
  - allow_gid_change: True
  - allow_uid_change: True

After applying the salt state I see the below error:
---------- ID: noc_jreddy Function: user.present Name: jreddy Result: False Comment: These values could not be changed: {'uid': 20000} Started: 12:08:22.066106 Duration: 37.808 ms Changes:

My question is when we set this flag allow_uid_change to True then salt should be able to change the UID right?

Regards,

Jeevan.

[Raf Czlonka]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 03:25:29AM BST, Jeevan Reddy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to change a UID to a static one for a group of users and when I

> apply the salt state I see an error *Comment: These values could not be
> changed: {'uid': 20000} Code: *
>
>
>
> * jreddy: fullname: Jeevan Reddy groups: - noc uid: 20000*
>
>
> *salt state init.sls file:*user.present:

> - name: jreddy
> - fullname: Jeevan Reddy
> - home: /home/ jreddy
> - gid: {{ salt['file.group_to_gid']('users') }}
> - uid: 20000
> - allow_gid_change: True
> - allow_uid_change: True
>
>

> *After applying the salt state I see the below error:*---------- ID:

> noc_jreddy Function: user.present Name: jreddy Result: False Comment: These
> values could not be changed: {'uid': 20000} Started: 12:08:22.066106
> Duration: 37.808 ms Changes:
>

> My question is when we set this flag *allow_uid_change **to *True then salt

> should be able to change the UID right?

Hi Jeevan,

Salt won't make any changes if the user's logged in - make sure you had
logged out.

Regards,

Raf

[Jeevan Reddy]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I figured out the issue and it was due to some bad config from my side. Its working now thank you.

Regards,

Jeevan.

[Phipps, Thomas]

what was the bad configuration?

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