[07:13] <ani> Has anyone reported this? https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/4335
[07:13] -ubottu:#cloud-init- Issue 4335 in canonical/cloud-init "'reset password' cannot switch to the other authentication mode because of 50-cloud-init.conf" [Open]
[19:30] <a7x> hi, I am trying to autoinstall on an existing laptop and cloudinit is failing here: https://github.com/canonical/curtin/blob/master/curtin/block/__init__.py#L1241 
[19:30] <a7x> if not (is_block or os.path.isfile(path)):
[19:30] <a7x>         raise ValueError("%s: not an existing file or block device", path)
[19:30] <a7x> :) any hint?
[19:33] <blackboxsw> a7x: that trace back isn't cloud-init it's curtin given your link. let's post that over in #ubuntu-server channel. sorry for redirect there it's just that better eyes are available there for this discussion
[19:38] <a7x> thanks blackboxsw 
[19:44] <blackboxsw> I think you'd need to understand what path variable is in that log message, it's trying to test whether something is a block device when running. a remote pastebin more logs would probably be required to better understand in the ubuntu-server channel your context there
[19:45] <meena> FreeBSD did away with the distinction between character and block devices some twenty years ago
[19:49] <blackboxsw> :)
[19:49] <blackboxsw> a7x it will help the autoinstall folks if you could provide them with the autoinstall configuration that is producing this error condition, I expect the partitioning declarations you have may be pointing at  some path that isn't quite what is expected
[19:55] <meena> the best time to get rid of useless code is twenty years ago. the second best time to do is now.
[19:56] <minimal> the "zero" best time it not to write it in the first place ;-)
[20:00] <meena> 👍
[20:06] <minimal> I'm a great coder as I don't write useless code (regardless of if I don't actually write any code at all) ;-)
[20:07] <dbungert> only features, no bugs