The wheel group is not declared while it can be used to access the systemd journal and to configure printers in CUPS. It can also be used for su and sudo permissions.
So far it was created later in the rootfs postcommand systemd_create_users. Signed-off-by: Louis Rannou <[email protected]> --- .../base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb | 1 + 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..00eaec38a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd/0007-Add-wheel-group.patch @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + +We need to have a wheel group which has some system privileges to consult the +systemd journal or manage printers with cups. + +Upstream status says the group does not exist by default. + +Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [enable feature] + +Signed-off-by: Louis Rannou <[email protected]> +Index: base-passwd-3.5.26/group.master +=================================================================== +--- base-passwd-3.5.29.orig/group.master ++++ base-passwd-3.5.29/group.master +@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ + staff:*:50: + games:*:60: + shutdown:*:70: ++wheel:*:80: + users:*:100: + nogroup:*:65534: diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb index 853717176d..204016b3e7 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb +++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-passwd/base-passwd_3.6.1.bb @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://launchpad.net/debian/+archive/primary/+files/${BPN}_${PV}.tar file://0004-Add-an-input-group-for-the-dev-input-devices.patch \ file://0005-Add-kvm-group.patch \ file://0006-Make-it-possible-to-configure-whether-to-use-SELinux.patch \ + file://0007-Add-wheel-group.patch \ " SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6ff369be59d586ba63c0c5fcb00f75f9953fe49db88bc6c6428f2c92866f79af" -- 2.41.0
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