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system-tools-backends package

Cannot Change User and Group ID

Bug #553746 reported by vroetman
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
system-tools-backends
Fix Released
Undecided
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system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
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Lucid
Triaged
High
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools

Changing a User ID (or Group ID) in the "User Settings" dialog has no effect.
Furthermore, adding a new user gives you no opportunity to set the User ID.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-system-tools 2.29.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 2 10:10:56 2010
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-tools

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vroetman (vroetman) wrote :
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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote :

Glad to know some people are actually using that feature! ;-)

I think that's fixed in the system-tools-backends 2.10.0, which I hope will be uploaded soon to Lucid.

Changed in gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) → system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
Changed in system-tools-backends:
status: New → Fix Released
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vroetman (vroetman) wrote :

How about setting a UserID on create? We used to be able to.

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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote :

Yeah, you were also able to set the phone number, and tweak membership to every kind of obscure privilege, plus changing home directory. But how many people need that? If you really need a specific UID, just create the user and change UID after, that doesn't hurt, and makes most people not scared by strange settings.

Plus, not choosing an UID allows us to let adduser preferences come into play, which is very important for system-wide consistency. Note if you really need a specific profile for some users, have a look at /etc/gnome-system-tools/user-profiles.conf, where you can add MinUID and MaxUID options.

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vroetman (vroetman) wrote :

As of Lucid beta2, you still cannot change a UID (well, you can change it but it has no effect). If you can't actually change the UID, then it's better to not even allow that in the interface.

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