[Bug 643153] Re: users-admin hangs when run as root
I have exactly the same problem, I tried many distributionns based on Ubuntu with this bug. How could I resolve it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643153 Title: users-admin hangs when run as root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/643153/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 643153] Re: users-admin hangs when run as root
This talk about whether or not I should login as root is killing me. I am in recovery mode since the login for my useraccount doesn't show up and the entire system just hangs in a grey pre-desktop mode. WHY ON EARTH am I able to log on as root graphically anyway if not to administrate things that might be failing? I'd like to administrate the system since I am having difficulties and then the user setup is not working since I am topadmin root? I really really don't get that at all. So what am I suppose to do when in recovery mode? Get commandline support instead? I am sorry but I just don't get it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643153 Title: users-admin hangs when run as root -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 643153] Re: users-admin hangs when run as root
The fact that you can log in as root doesn't mean you should. GDM doesn't show the root user, and the root account is disabled by default on Ubuntu, so you must have found this idea by yourself. AFAIK, recovery mode only starts a console, so, yes, you should either fix things from the console, or run a graphical session as a normal user. If you're able to run a session as root, you may as well run it as a normal user with admin rights. There's no reason to run a X session as root as it is dangerous and doesn't make anything possible that you can't do as normal session after authentication via PolicyKit. So, maybe logging in graphically as root should be forbidden, yes. If so many people are upset by this silly bug, just provide a patch, it might be a really simple bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643153 Title: users-admin hangs when run as root -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 643153] Re: users-admin hangs when run as root
Don't run it as root, like I said above, that's all. Anyway, you
shouldn't login graphically as root, so either create an admin account
for this kind of task, or use the commandline ('deluser guest').
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[Bug 643153] Re: users-admin hangs when run as root
I have the same problem on Maverick. I used root in order to try and delete the guest account. Have tried both logging in as root and from a normal admin user terminal using: sudo users-admin. So have instead deleted the guest group instead (which is doable from normal admin user) hoping it will delete the guest login. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/643153 Title: users-admin hangs when run as root -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
