11 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index 8a3f02036..309bbda59 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(chrootDirsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
+		passwdEntryName := "passwd-entry"
+		createFlags.StringVar(&cf.PasswdEntry, passwdEntryName, "", "Entry to write to /etc/passwd")
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(passwdEntryName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
 		if registry.IsRemote() {
 			_ = createFlags.MarkHidden("env-host")
 			_ = createFlags.MarkHidden("http-proxy")
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index c4d27e321..9af7174fc 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -755,6 +755,12 @@ Tune the host's OOM preferences for containers (accepts -1000 to 1000)
 #### **--os**=*OS*
 Override the OS, defaults to hosts, of the image to be pulled. For example, `windows`.
 
+#### **--passwd-entry**=*ENTRY*
+
+Customize the entry that is written to the `/etc/passwd` file within the container when `--passwd` is used.
+
+The variables $USERNAME, $UID, $GID, $NAME, $HOME are automatically replaced with their value at runtime.
+
 #### **--personality**=*persona*
 
 Personality sets the execution domain via Linux personality(2).
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index e4ccd0368..ecb24ba6d 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -787,6 +787,12 @@ Override the OS, defaults to hosts, of the image to be pulled. For example, `win
 Allow Podman to add entries to /etc/passwd and /etc/group when used in conjunction with the --user option.
 This is used to override the Podman provided user setup in favor of entrypoint configurations such as libnss-extrausers.
 
+#### **--passwd-entry**=*ENTRY*
+
+Customize the entry that is written to the `/etc/passwd` file within the container when `--passwd` is used.
+
+The variables $USERNAME, $UID, $GID, $NAME, $HOME are automatically replaced with their value at runtime.
+
 #### **--personality**=*persona*
 
 Personality sets the execution domain via Linux personality(2).
diff --git a/libpod/container_config.go b/libpod/container_config.go
index ea644764c..8500c6db9 100644
--- a/libpod/container_config.go
+++ b/libpod/container_config.go
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ type ContainerMiscConfig struct {
 	// InitContainerType specifies if the container is an initcontainer
 	// and if so, what type: always or once are possible non-nil entries
 	InitContainerType string `json:"init_container_type,omitempty"`
+	// PasswdEntry specifies arbitrary data to append to a file.
+	PasswdEntry string `json:"passwd_entry,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // InfraInherit contains the compatible options inheritable from the infra container
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index 11ca169ca..9369b746c 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -2724,6 +2724,9 @@ func (c *Container) userPasswdEntry(u *user.User) (string, error) {
 	if !hasHomeSet {
 		c.config.Spec.Process.Env = append(c.config.Spec.Process.Env, fmt.Sprintf("HOME=%s", homeDir))
 	}
+	if c.config.PasswdEntry != "" {
+		return c.passwdEntry(u.Username, u.Uid, u.Gid, u.Name, homeDir), nil
+	}
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:*:%s:%s:%s:%s:/bin/sh\n", u.Username, u.Uid, u.Gid, u.Name, homeDir), nil
 }
@@ -2775,9 +2778,25 @@ func (c *Container) generateUserPasswdEntry(addedUID int) (string, int, int, err
 			gid = group.Gid
 		}
 	}
+
+	if c.config.PasswdEntry != "" {
+		entry := c.passwdEntry(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uid), fmt.Sprintf("%d", uid), fmt.Sprintf("%d", gid), "container user", c.WorkingDir())
+		return entry, int(uid), gid, nil
+	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:*:%d:%d:container user:%s:/bin/sh\n", uid, uid, gid, c.WorkingDir()), int(uid), gid, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Container) passwdEntry(username string, uid, gid, name, homeDir string) string {
+	s := c.config.PasswdEntry
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "$USERNAME", username, -1)
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "$UID", uid, -1)
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "$GID", gid, -1)
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "$NAME", name, -1)
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "$HOME", homeDir, -1)
+	return s + "\n"
+}
+
 // generatePasswdAndGroup generates container-specific passwd and group files
 // iff g.config.User is a number or we are configured to make a passwd entry for
 // the current user or the user specified HostsUsers
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 2e5454393..6c4b4cc42 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -2051,3 +2051,16 @@ func WithChrootDirs(dirs []string) CtrCreateOption {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// WithPasswdEntry sets the entry to write to the /etc/passwd file.
+func WithPasswdEntry(passwdEntry string) CtrCreateOption {
+	return func(ctr *Container) error {
+		if ctr.valid {
+			return define.ErrCtrFinalized
+		}
+
+		ctr.config.PasswdEntry = passwdEntry
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
index f1d445c4b..1e25e0872 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ type ContainerCreateOptions struct {
 	Net *NetOptions `json:"net,omitempty"`
 
 	CgroupConf []string
+
+	PasswdEntry string
 }
 
 func NewInfraContainerCreateOptions() ContainerCreateOptions {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 6a611e854..b85a87742 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ func createContainerOptions(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.
 	if s.Volatile {
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithVolatile())
 	}
+	if s.PasswdEntry != "" {
+		options = append(options, libpod.WithPasswdEntry(s.PasswdEntry))
+	}
 
 	useSystemd := false
 	switch s.Systemd {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
index dfac1d457..79e20667b 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ type ContainerBasicConfig struct {
 	UnsetEnvAll bool `json:"unsetenvall,omitempty"`
 	// Passwd is a container run option that determines if we are validating users/groups before running the container
 	Passwd *bool `json:"manage_password,omitempty"`
+	// PasswdEntry specifies arbitrary data to append to a file.
+	PasswdEntry string `json:"passwd_entry,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ContainerStorageConfig contains information on the storage configuration of a
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
index 7d4fca846..42b66d909 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
@@ -832,6 +832,11 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if s.Passwd == nil {
 		s.Passwd = &t
 	}
+
+	if len(s.PasswdEntry) == 0 || len(c.PasswdEntry) != 0 {
+		s.PasswdEntry = c.PasswdEntry
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go b/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
index 4c97e665a..ce6c6ffda 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_passwd_test.go
@@ -137,4 +137,16 @@ USER 1000`, ALPINE)
 		Expect(run).Should(Exit(0))
 		Expect(run.OutputToString()).NotTo((ContainSubstring("1234:1234")))
 	})
+
+	It("podman run --passwd-entry flag", func() {
+		// Test that the line we add doesn't contain anything else than what is specified
+		run := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--user", "1234:1234", "--passwd-entry=FOO", ALPINE, "grep", "^FOO$", "/etc/passwd"})
+		run.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(run).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		run = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--user", "12345:12346", "-w", "/etc", "--passwd-entry=$UID-$GID-$NAME-$HOME-$USERNAME", ALPINE, "cat", "/etc/passwd"})
+		run.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(run).Should(Exit(0))
+		Expect(run.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("12345-12346-container user-/etc-12345"))
+	})
 })