bulkusers script fails...

[johnm@…]

I am having a problem with the bulkusers script. It seemes to be related to Perl. My ebox server run on a Proxmox VE hypervisor under KVM.
The error occure when I try to open the users file from the script. I have tried to open files from other scripts as well, with the same result. Therefore, I figured out that there must be a problem with Perl.

Example:
root@ebox:~# ./bulkusers
Error opening 'users' file: Permission denied at ./bulkusers line 13, <DATA> line 466.

John M

[johnm@…]

Finally, after removing the EBox libraries, the file was opened. JM

[jsoriano@…]

Hi,

It seems that root home directory files cannot be read by "ebox" user in Lucid, the script works if you run it in other directory, as in "/tmp". I'll update the wiki page about that ( http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/HowTo/ImportUsersInBulk).

Thanks for reporting.

[anonymous]

Hi -

I've just had this problem, and I think the wiki entry could be improved.

Could you update this in the "Notes on this users file:" section of the wiki page as well do you think, because the failure is non-obvious?

I just spent a fruitless 15-20 minutes before google saved my bacon.

thanks