On 2013-12-02 20:27, L Peter Deutsch wrote: > I did edit /etc/adduser.conf to limit the range of system user and > group IDs to 0-199 rather than 0-999, because I'm going to be copying > a /home hierarchy from an earlier release that used those values and > all the user IDs I added are in the range 200-999, but unless the > 0-999 range is hardwired into LightDM or AccountsService or some > other new piece of system software, this shouldn't cause the users to > be invisible.
accountsservice only shows users with user ID 1000 and above. Actually, creating users with ID < 1000 is a possible workaround if you *want* them to not be listed on the login screen. > The system is unusable until I solve it, because none of the real > users on the system can log in through the initial login screen, You can configure lightdm so unity-greeter offers the option to type a username that is not listed. In lightdm.conf: [SeatDefaults] greeter-show-manual-login=true -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256585 Title: adduser does not update System Settings "Accounts" or the session login screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1256585/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
