indicator applet says [Invalid UTF-8] if NIS user is logged in

[Andreas]

re-submitting this as a new bug as requested by Chauncellor (brettcornwall) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/834137/comments/32

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: indicator-session 0.3.96-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 20 10:49:33 2013
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas (andreas-kotowicz)]

here are the user and group IDs.

$id

uid=510(user) gid=499(nis-nfs-group) groups=499(nis-nfs-group),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),105(fuse),110(lpadmin),130(vboxusers)

[Andreas (andreas-kotowicz)]

I could obviously change the "UID_MIN" setting in /etc/login.defs but it seems to me that I should not change a setting that is used by 'useradd' for local accounts.

[Mohammad AbuShady (coalwater)]

Same happend on my freshly installed 13.04 daily cd.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Laurynas Riliskis (laurynas-riliskis-gmail)]

bug is back in ubuntu 13.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/1165365

[johnnynyquist (johnnynyquist)]

Is this a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/937539 ? Also, disheartening to see that it is still around in 13.04

[Bentsi (magidovich)]

Also experiencing this bug on 3.8.0-30-generic #44~precise1-Ubuntu only on users with home directory located on NFS,
local accounts unaffected