Kubuntu 9.10: userconfig ignores UID given

[Thomas Ribbrock]

Binary package hint: userconfig

Kubuntu 9.10 with all updates (as of 14-02-2010) installed:
- Start System Settings -> Advanced -> User Mangement
- Choose "New"
- In the resulting pop-up dialogue, fill in "Login Name" and change the "User ID" field to something else than what is proposed (e.g. from 1001 to 2000)
- Click on OK

A new user with "Login Name" is created, however, the User ID is *not* what I have filled in but still the value that userconfig proposed itself. My "User ID" input has been completely ignored.

Versions:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

$ apt-cache policy userconfig
userconfig:
  Installed: 0.9.0-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.9.0-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.0-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[dotancohen (dotancohen)]

I can confirm the issue in Kubuntu 10.10. Adding a new user via User Accounts ignores the configured UID and gives the next consecutive available UID.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

 Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!