kubernetes/kops · error

error reading users: %v

Error message

error reading users: %v

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/users.go:89

		u := &User{
			Name: tokens[0],
			// Password
			Uid:     uid,
			Gid:     gid,
			Comment: tokens[4],
			Home:    tokens[5],
			Shell:   tokens[6],
		}
		users[u.Name] = u
	}
	return users, nil
}

func LookupUser(name string) (*User, error) {
	users, err := parseUsers()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading users: %v", err)
	}
	return users[name], nil
}

func LookupUserByID(uid int) (*User, error) {
	users, err := parseUsers()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading users: %v", err)
	}
	for _, v := range users {
		if v.Uid == uid {
			return v, nil
		}
	}
	return nil, nil
}

type Group struct {

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/users.go:89 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/5723fbcf108c4bb1. Report an issue: GitHub.