Invalid UTF-8 displayed in place of my name

[Micah Gersten]

After a recent upgrade, I now have Invalid UTF-8 in the indicator in place of my name, screenshot attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: indicator-session 0.3.91-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 21 01:43:05 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-session
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-29 (22 days ago)

[Olli Ries (ories)]

please reopen if problem still exists in 12.04

[Bob No (jruhym)]

I get the same thing in 12.04 LTS but only with remotely mounted global accounts not with local accounts.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for indicator-session (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Session Menu because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Sorry, I still get this.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

@Micah, is there any way you debug it since you seem to be able to reproduce when others don't?

[Ken Pratt (kenpratt)]

I have the same problem with non-local users using NIS. You can rproduce by creating a /etc/passwd entry that looks like this:

+kjpratt::::Ken Pratt:/mnt/home/users/kjpratt:

or more genericly,

+::::::

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Charles Kerr (charlesk)]

Most of the session menu, including the part that displays the username, has been rewritten for 13.10. Could someone who was experiencing this bug please test for it in indicator-session >= 12.10.5+13.10.20130717-0ubuntu1 ?

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

No responses, closing assumed fixed. Please reopen if the problem still occurs.

[Bambang Gunawan (bambanggunawan720)]

still experiencing this, after this afternoon i cancel the updates :/
any ideas?