Comment 17 for bug 316756

On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 04:08 +0000, Steve Magoun wrote:
> To reproduce:
>
> 1) Verify that /etc/login.defs contains 3 tabs between the key + value of UID_MIN and UID_MAX.
> 2) Save a copy of /etc/login.defs
> 3) Launch System->Administration->Users and Groups
> 4) Click the Unlock button, enter your admin password
> 5) Click the Add User button. Add a user called 'test' with bogus data. Don't touch the Contact, User Privileges, or Advanced tabs. Hit OK in the dialog to create the user.
> 6) Diff /etc/ogin.defs with the copy you saved. The diff should show that whitespace has changed for the UID_MIN and UID_MAX fields. Instead of 3 tabs in those fields, there will be a single space

Yes, I've used this tool in the past, so this explains it, thanks
Steve.

While this isn't a violation of policy, it's not good for g-s-t to do
that.

Is there anyway we can fix this? While it is a user modification it
is not exactly intentional, and we know the change that is made. Also,
anyone that made that change intentionally (as unlikely as it is)
probably wouldn't mind about it getting overwritten. However, I'm not
sure there is any way for us to use this information to provide a smooth
experience.

Thanks,

James