the control center chokes on initial number in user name
Bug #1630417 reported by
Jeremy Bícha
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is a follow-up from bug 1600638.
Debian's adduser does not allow the initial character of a username to be a digit. It would be nice if (unity/
What happens
============
A popup that says
Failed to add account
running '/usr/sbin/adduser' failed: Child process exited with code 1'
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: desktop-lts-wishlist |
summary: |
- Unity control center chokes on initial number in user name + the control center chokes on initial number in user name |
tags: | added: focal |
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