Fresh boot from Live CD. Copy /var/log/auth.log to attached file "auth_no_passwd".
Use passwd command to change default ubuntu password from "" (null) to "123456789". Copy /var/log/auth.log to attached file "auth_new_passwd". Note the "Error attempting to open/unwrap" messages at the end! Run the two commands in different terminals: - in the first window: sudo killall perl /usr/bin/perl; sudo /usr/share/system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m UsersConfig --platform ubuntu-8.04 - in the other one: sudo killall system-tools-backends; sudo /usr/sbin/system-tools-backends -nd Run users-admin in a third terminal. The "root" user is now visible in the Users Settings GUI. Click on the authentication button and enter password "123456789". The "root" user remains visible. Add new admin user "test" and enter password of "123456789" when requested. GUI error box appears with message "The configuration could not be saved". GUI Authenticate box appears with message "System policy prevents modifying the system configuration". Enter password of "123456789". GUI error box appears again with message "The configuration could not be saved". "root "and "test" users now visible in the Users Setting GUI. Close Users Settings window. Terminal outputs from two specified commands attached in files "command1" and "command2". Terminal output from users-admin command attached in file "usersadmin" home directory for "test" is created. cat /etc/passwd now shows full list of 32 users, including new user "test". See attached file "passwd". cat /etc/group now shows 59 groups, including new user "test". However, group "admin" only includes "ubuntu", not new user "test". See attached file "group". Sudo capability for user "ubuntu" now apparently working but no password requested! (Tested by editing a root file with command "sudo nano /etc/hosts.allow") Copy /var/log/auth.log to attached file "auth_new_user". No dbus entries present. ** Attachment added: "Files.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32616972/Files.tar.gz -- Creating an user destroys most of users and groups configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240437 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to liboobs in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
