[jaunty] users-admin allows creation of "admin" account
Bug #360980 reported by
Artem Popov
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #236305: Creating user with username 'admin' hoses admin group, sudo config.
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Critical
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Jaunty |
Confirmed
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Confirmed
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Critical
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: system-
users-admin on a fully updated Jaunty system allows creation of an accout, called "admin" which in turns creates a new group "admin" in /etc/group, erasing old. Thus, any further system administration becomes impossible.
Account names like "admin" or "adm" must be disabled. Please fix!
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Confirming on latest Jaunty.