users-admin won't add or delete users
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GST |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Adding or deleting a user using users-admin is non-functional. /etc/passwd is never changed in either case.
To reproduce:
1) Open users-admin
2) Hit 'Unlock' and authenticate using Policykit
3) Click 'Add User'
4) Enter all the users info and press ok (note user appears in list of users now)
5) Close users-admin
6) Re-open users-admin and voila - the user we created doesn't exist. Looking at /etc/passwd confirms this.
The steps for deleting a user are pretty similar.
Some info:
chr1s@chris-
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
chr1s@chris-
gnome-system-tools:
Installed: 2.22.0-0ubuntu9
Candidate: 2.22.0-0ubuntu9
Version table:
*** 2.22.0-0ubuntu9 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Note that 2.22.0-0ubuntu9 fixes bug 205144 where groups could not be added. I don't know if this is a similar issue.
Changed in gst: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gst: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
From the terminal, users-admin spits out the following when adding the user:
(users- admin:21721) : Liboobs-CRITICAL **: create_ dbus_struct_ from_user: assertion `(login && password && homedir && shell)' failed
(users- admin:21721) : Liboobs-CRITICAL **: Not committing due to inconsistencies in the configuration, this reflects a bug in the application