getting unknown user on id root cmd

[daggs]

> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:30 PM
> From: "daggs" <daggs at gmx.com>
> To: busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: getting unknown user on id root cmd
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have a rather small chroot based on busybox 1.29.3 with glibc 2.17, inside the chroot I have two files:
> / # cat /etc/passwd
> root:x:0:0:root:/:/bin/bash
> / # cat /etc/group
> root:x:0:
>
> if I try to id root, I get this:
> / # id root
> id: unknown user root
>
> /bin/bash exists, here is the config: http://dpaste.com/3YXN1XE
>
> any ideas why I'm getting this issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dagg.
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replaying myself, CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP was missing in busybox's config