kubernetes/kops · error

error reading groups: %v

Error message

error reading groups: %v

What it means

Error "error reading groups: %v" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/users.go:153

			klog.Warningf("Ignoring malformed /etc/group line (bad gid): %q", line)
			continue
		}

		g := &Group{
			Name: tokens[0],
			// Password: tokens[1]
			Gid: gid,
			// Members: strings.Split(tokens[3], ",")
		}
		groups[g.Name] = g
	}
	return groups, nil
}

func LookupGroup(name string) (*Group, error) {
	groups, err := parseGroups()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading groups: %v", err)
	}
	return groups[name], nil
}

func LookupGroupByID(gid int) (*Group, error) {
	users, err := parseGroups()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading groups: %v", err)
	}
	for _, v := range users {
		if v.Gid == gid {
			return v, nil
		}
	}
	return nil, nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/users.go:153 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f5b723440ca64803. Report an issue: GitHub.