[13:21] <Odd_Bloke> uebera||: Can I confirm your issue from a few days ago: changing `500` to `"500"` in your config is what fixed your UID issue?  Or did you end up finding something else going on?
[13:21] <Odd_Bloke> meena: I've been lying on the floor with back pain all of this week so far, which has probably contributed to the silence. :p
[13:41] <uebera||> Odd_Bloke: Yes, just using a string "500" instead of an integer 500 solved my problem with respect to UIDs.
[13:49] <uebera||> If only there was a way to specify GIDs (as far as I understand, a certain patch was not applied). I used runcmd (along with sed) to change the GID of a created account (requires a reboot), but that's really, really dirty.
[14:28] <Odd_Bloke> uebera||: Would you be interested in contributing a gid change?
[14:32] <uebera||> Odd_Bloke: If this --> https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1396362/comments/5 does not apply cleanly anymore, I'd be interested in a modification (have not tested this yet).
[14:33] <uebera||> Given that the VM in question is now up and running, I should have time to look at the above during the weekend.
[16:44] <Odd_Bloke> uebera||: Given that we do now support `uid`, I don't think that patch will cleanly apply (because it includes changes to support `uid`).  If you do end up having time, we'd love the contribution; the getting started guide is here: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/hacking.html#submitting-your-first-pull-request
[16:46] <Odd_Bloke> (If you hit any hurdles, we're happy to help in here, but note that most of the committers only monitor this channel in ~North American weekday timezones so assistance over the weekend may be sparse. :)
[17:18] <meena> Odd_Bloke: obviiously, the solution to that then is that you should complain about your back pain, whenever that happens. a lot.
[20:17] <uebera||> Odd_Bloke: Thanks for the link, bookmarked. ;)
[20:27] <meena> i cannot believe i was just removed from the Canonical github organisation!
[20:28] <meena> why was i on it again??
[20:33] <powersj> meena, yeah I couldn't recall and all I saw was read-only
[20:33] <powersj> so read-only on a public project didn't make sense
[20:35] <meena> it's just jokey fake outrage
[20:36] <meena> Odd_Bloke: added me like that, so y'all could request me as reviewer
[20:37] <meena> but of course, that probably wasn't documented, and anyway, most authorization UIs don't really have a space for "why", or?