Public bug reported:
As a system administrator, if you try to create a new account, using the
graphical utility (System->Administration->Users and Groups) and you set
the user id manually to a value that is already in use by another user,
the program will silently ignore the action (it will show the new user
in the list, but if you close the utility and reopent it again, the new
user is gone -- and it never really gets written in /etc/passwd).
The problems, as I see them, currently are:
1. The utility allows you to set the user id to a value that is already in use
without giving a warning
2. The utility shows you a list of users that is not a real reflection of
/etc/passwd
How to reproduce it:
1. Inspect /etc/passwd and look for an existing user account. Take note of its
user id (usually 1001 would work)
2. Open the Users and Groups tool, create a new user and in the Advanced tab,
set the user ID to this number (1001)
3. See how the new user is shown in the list of users
4. Close the Users and Groups tool
5. Open the users and Groups tool
6. Verify that the new user does not exist.
Tried it in Ubuntu-9.04 (Jaunty)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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create new user account silently fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372695
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