Shouldn't let you desactivate the only admin user
Bug #907452 reported by
Roman Voropaev
This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-control-center |
Fix Released
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Low
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| gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
| Precise |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
| unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
If there is no other admin accounts in the system, it is very difficult to switch account back after changing account type to "Standard". This is because we can't "sudo" anymore. The only way to fix it is entering single user mode and editing /etc/group. I think there should be some warning at least if the user is the only administrator in the system and he tries to become "Standard" user (by accident in my case). For example, Windows systems don't let you do this in similar situation.
Related branches
| summary: |
- Switching user account type in a case of single user. + Switching user account type from Admin to Standard in a case of single + user. |
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| Ahmed Shams (ashams) wrote Re: Switching user account type from Admin to Standard in a case of single user. | #1 |
| Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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| Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
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| Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote | #3 |
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| Roman Voropaev (ytsuk3n) wrote | #4 |
| affects: | gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- Switching user account type from Admin to Standard in a case of single - user. + Shouldn't let you desactivate the only admin user |
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| Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #5 |
| no longer affects: | hundredpapercuts |
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| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #6 |
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: disable settings |
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| Roman Voropaev (ytsuk3n) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
| status: | New → Unknown |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Low |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| status: | Incomplete → New |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
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| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #8 |
| no longer affects: | unity-control-center (Ubuntu Precise) |
| Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #9 |
| Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
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invalidated in hundred One Hundred Paper Cuts since it's a feature request.