The user account dialog doesn't handle correctly existing dirs with different uid

[Geoffroy]

1. I've created a new user called "test" few years ago (something like ubuntu 8.10 up to ubuntu 10.10). Everthing goes fine.
2. To use Ubuntu 11.10, i've re-installed Ubuntu but i didn't format my /home/ partition. It may be, that i've encrypted during the new installation
3. After some days i wanted to use again the "test" user, which has not been added. So i've add this new user thanks to the gnome-control-center
4. I've try to log-in directly after, i've been directed to lightDM (i guess the new loginmanager is now LightDM in Ubuntu 11.10. I've changed nothing about it other than the background).
5. It was impossible

...

6. I've used the shell :
$ sudo -s
# cd ..
# pwd
/home
# chown test -R test/
#

7. I've tried to log-in with test again, and it worked

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 4 21:59:39 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 deja-dup 20.1-0ubuntu0.1
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu2
 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, I guess that having an user directory existing with a different uid is a corner case though

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no more supported and is not a 'security' problem; so does not expect a backport

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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