[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
That's not a regression. In the worst case, nothing changes. But I suspect for some reason Charlie isn't using the version with the fix, since he also said bug 533870 wasn't fixed. What's your version number of system-tools-backends? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
This bug was fixed in the package system-tools-backends - 2.9.4-0ubuntu1.1 --- system-tools-backends (2.9.4-0ubuntu1.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low * debian/patches/03-lp616682.patch: backport fixes from 2.10.0 to fix various issues (LP: #616682): - Fix crash on authentication error (LP: #534154) - Fix crash due to wrong int size with SelfConfig (LP: #533870) - Identify users and groups by login instead of UID (LP: #542183) - Major performance improvements when committing groups (LP: #546873) -- Marc Deslauriers marc.deslauri...@ubuntu.com Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:19:18 -0500 ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Any testers of the lucid-proposed package? As this has been in -proposed for a long time already, I'll remove the proposed package soon if there is no feedback. Thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
** Tags added: verification-failed ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Attempts to verify this fix in -proposed failed using Xubuntu Lucid 10.04, fully updated before enabling -proposed. Both before and after enabling proposed, I added a user, and restarted. I then went to System - Users and Groups - Advanced Settings, Advanced tab. I then changed the User ID to 975. I closed Users and Groups and restarted. The User ID changes back to 1001 each time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
I have successfully verified the update in -proposed. With lucid VM and all updates, changing the UID of a user to 999 didn't update /etc/passwd. After installing the update in -proposed, I could successfully change it to 999, at which point the user wasn't available in the GUI anymore. @Charlie: I'm not sure why you weren't able to reproduce this. ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Charlie, thanks for testing! Would you say that from your perspective this is a regression in any way? If not, we could still release it, as it at least fixes the problem for a part of the users? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Accepted system-tools-backends into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/lucid-proposed/system-tools-backends -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
** Also affects: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 Title: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
I find this bug was fixed on 23/4/2010, but I have just been bitten again on 26/11/2010 using a fully updated Lucid LTS. I know I can work round this using the command line, but ... I need educating on the process by which bugs are fed back and fixed in Ubuntu releases, especially in LTS releases, where users do want to upgrade until the next LTS comes along. I tried upgrading to 10.10 on one machine to leave more serious bugs behind, but was immediately hit by other regressions. Can anyone point me towards a starting point for my education process? Many would be more enthusiastic about reporting and following up bugs if they could see the results more clearly. I want to be constructive, but I don't know where to start. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Richard: It's fixed in Maverick, but still present in Lucid. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs, and especially https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
2.10.0 has been uploaded to Maverick, waiting for a backport to Lucid. ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
You don't really need to create a user with a specific UID as long as changing it's UID right after creation does the right thing. So what we need is to chown the home directory when changing UID for a user. I won't allow choosing UID on user creation since that would bring back the bloat for most users that don't need/understand this option. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
No need for this workaround - you'd better edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group directly. For the proper fix, we just need to package system- tools-backends 2.10 to Lucid. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Hmm. That isn't the only thing, is it? I guess at least one would need to: # chown -R user: /home/user (or perhaps # chown -R user:user /home/user ) after the user ID and groupID have been edited. Do we agree on that? Anything else? Peter -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Let's be clear: the fix is known upstream for ages, see my comment #2 above. So no need to discuss it again, you just have to find somebody willing to upload the version to Lucid. The question of whether we should chown the home directory is another problem, which could be easily solved using the $chown_home flag, but the GUI should ask before doing so, since people may not expect this behavior (e.g. home directory shared between several users). So file a different report if you want this to happen. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
In order to be clear: Bug #553746 Cannot Change User and Group ID is marked as a duplicate of this one (by Milan, btw), Which is why I'm commenting here. In the original text for that that bug, it says: Furthermore, adding a new user gives you no opportunity to set the User ID. And that is what _I_ need: A new user with a specific user ID. (I have to connect to an NFS volume, where my files already pre-exist with a specific user and group ID - 1000 or 1001 just won't cut it) Perhaps my situation isn't relevant for this bug, and I should open a new bug for setting the User ID when creating a new user. But anyway, for my situation, I guess I'll create the new user and group, hand-edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group and then do something like this: sudo find / -o -uid $olduid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chown $newuid sudo find / -o -uid $oldgid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chgrp $newgid -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Damn, a typo. Make that: sudo find / -o -uid $olduid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chown $newuid sudo find / -o -gid $oldgid -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chgrp $newgid -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
** Tags added: patch -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Temporary workaround: As suggested by Milan Bouchet-Valat in bug #553746: Note if you really need a specific profile for some users, have a look at /etc/gnome-system-tools/user-profiles.conf, where you can add MinUID and MaxUID options. I needed a user with a UID of 1248 and this is what I did: * Applied the patch. (Notice that the number 1248 - the desired UID is in the patch - adjust to your own needs) * Created a new user * Removed the patch again Now I have a user with UID 1248. Note, that this is only useful for creating new users, not modifying existing ones. BTW, how does anybody use NFS with more than one user if it isn't possible to modify the UIDs? I see this as NFS' gravest shortcoming. ** Patch added: Temporary workaround - see comment http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52563357/user-profiles.conf.patch -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Will the bug be solved in Lucid? It is still there, since it is still package version 2.9.4 of the system-tools-backend. Thanks, Simon -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Will g-s-t also adjust the ownership of files in the filesystem upon changing a user's ID, or would that be a different issue? -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Is gst using usermod? Its manpage says: -u The ownership of files outside of the users home directory must be fixed manually. -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
No, changing files' UID would be a different bug. There's support in the backends for changing UID of the home directory, but that's not used ATM (will be easy to fix for the next release). But for files outside of the directory, there's no support in the backends ATM. That's kind of a corner case, so if you want this to happen, you should have a look at the perkl code yourself... ;-) -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Fixed with 2.10.0, not yet in Lucid though. ** Changed in: system-tools-backends Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 542183] Re: [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work
Much thanks for the report. This was indeed a mistake : we were identifying users using their UID instead of their login. When changing their UID, we weren't able to find the user to apply the new settings to. It's now fixed upstream and will be available in the system-tools- backends 2.10.0, for Lucid. Please continue testing Lucid and reporting bugs! May I give you an advice? Please stay very specific about the bug you report. For example, here, the bug is not that you can't hide users in GDM: this is just a consequence of the bug. The precise problem is that changing UID is not working as it's supposed to be. This will help triagers and developers to fix the bugs you find. ** Summary changed: - regression cannot hide users from gdm + [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work ** Package changed: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) = system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Also affects: system-tools-backends Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: system-tools-backends Status: New = Fix Committed -- [users-admin] Changing UID doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
