wishlist name to unique id
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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adduser (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Give added users a unique ID rather than an ID based on the order they are added.
Scenario -
Ubuntu is installed on lots of PCs in my family.
In my house, I might be user 1002
If I add myself as a user to a PC at my wifes families house, I might be user 1007.
If I add myself to a PC as my families house, I might be user 1005.
Now files that have my flash drive have all sorts of permissions issues,
and files I thought were secure (ID = 1002) might be accessible by other people. (nephew, etc)
Solution -
generate a unique ID based on the user name.
see attached file for example:
NOTE: OPEN and READ before use.
Some settings are customizable.
I'm sure there is a better way to do this, but this works for me.