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gnome-system-tools package

  1. Bug #26338
  2. Comment #54

Comment 54 for bug 26338

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xtknight (xt-knight) wrote : Re: Adding a user to a group modifies other users' groups and passwords

Is this only a Dapper problem?

I am not having any luck at all reproducing the problem in Gutsy under a VM. I have done 8 trials of various operations, and all did nothing but expected.

Here's an easy test method:

mkdir -p ~/trials/orig
cd ~/trials/orig
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
mkdir ../try1
# do some things in the Users and Groups applet
cd ../try1
cp /etc/passwd .
cp /etc/group .
cd ..

diff -u ./orig/passwd ./try1/passwd
diff -u ./orig/group ./try1/group

Examine results to see if it they make sense according to what you did in the applet. Rinse and repeat. Compare try1 with try2 next, try2 to try3, etc...