kuser is violating debian policy

[ceg]

Binary package hint: kdeadmin

All user/group managment tools have to rely on the adduser/useradd mechanism.

But kuser is not even following the same rules when creating users/groups.

[ceg (ceg)]

Reasoning: Not using the debian mechanims results in not executing useradd hooks, different filepermissions, possibly not copying /etc/skel etc. (duplicates of this bug.)

[ceg (ceg)]

You can refer to the relevant discussion in

 Bug:488158 users-admin should leave adduser handle main group creation
and
 Bug:488913 users-admin defaults to override system wide defaults from /etc/login.defs, /adduser.conf

[Benjamin Kerensa (bkerensa)]

Version: unspecified
OS: Linux

Please See Ubuntu Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeadmin/+bug/379397

Binary package hint: kdeadmin

All user/group managment tools have to rely on the adduser/useradd mechanism.

But kuser is not even following the same rules when creating users/groups.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
SEE REPORT

Expected Results:
Debian Policy Compliance

This bug is being forward from Ubuntu Bugs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeadmin/+bug/379397

[Benjamin Kerensa (bkerensa)]

Bug forwarded to KDE Bug Tracker:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281597

[György Szombathelyi (gyurco)]

I don't think it's a good idea to add hard-coded distro-specific code to KUser.
See also:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117202

Maybe a front-end is acceptable, which parses login.defs and co., and puts the settings into kuser's KConfig file.

[Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel)]

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

[Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel)]

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

[Justin Zobel (justin-zobel)]

Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!

[Bug-janitor (bug-janitor)]

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

[Bug-janitor (bug-janitor)]

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!