[Jailkit-users] jk_chrootlaunch[16193]: abort, user jaileduser does not exist

[Gregory Piñero]

jk_chrootlaunch is showing this error in /var/log/syslog when I run it:

jk_chrootlaunch[16193]: abort, user  jaileduser does not exist

I'm running the command from a Python script as root as such:

    command=['/usr/sbin/jk_chrootlaunch','-u jaileduser','-g
jaileduser','-j /srv/jail_dir/','--exec exec_worker.py']
    proc = 
subprocess.Popen(command,shell=False,stdin=subprocess.PIPE,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

Running the same command on the console works fine:
sudo /usr/sbin/jk_chrootlaunch -u jaileduser -g jaileduser -j
/srv/jail_dir/ --exec exec_worker.py

Is there an issue with not launching jk_chrootlaunch in a shell that
is causing it to not see the users?  Are there any other explanations?

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Greg