Brian, I've changed the description to match SRU Bug Template. ** Description changed:
- The issue with retrieving the current user's info is already fixed in - Debian and Ubuntu 15.04, but system-tools-backends remains unpatched in - 14.04 and 14.10. + [Impact] - The patch is in the attachment. Please add it in 14.04 and 14.10. + When a user tries to change his full name via users-admin or mate-users-admin, an error in system-tools-backends prevents him from doing that, and + the name remains unchanged (see [Other Info]). - Thanks in advance. + The problem is already fixed in Debian and Ubuntu 15.04, but system- + tools-backends remains unpatched in 14.04 and 14.10. + + The attached patch fixes the issue and allows user to change the full + name without any warnings or errors appearing. + + [Test Case] + + Run users-admin or mate-users-admin from the terminal. Click on the button for changing your full name, change the name to something else and click "OK". + You'll see a warning message in the terminal: + + Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the + backends: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 255 + + The full name won't be changed (see [Other Info]). + + [Regression Potential] + + I consider the regression risk to be low here. The patch has been + already tested by me and gnome-system-tools maintainer in Debian (see + the corresponding Debian bug report). + + [Other Info] + + If https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411584 isn't fixed, the new name + will appear in the GUI, but it really won't be changed. You can see + that for yourself by simply restarting users-admin or mate-users-admin - + it will show the old name then. + + If that bug is fixed, an error message dialog will appear, and the name + in the GUI won't be changed. ** Description changed: [Impact] When a user tries to change his full name via users-admin or mate-users-admin, an error in system-tools-backends prevents him from doing that, and the name remains unchanged (see [Other Info]). The problem is already fixed in Debian and Ubuntu 15.04, but system- tools-backends remains unpatched in 14.04 and 14.10. The attached patch fixes the issue and allows user to change the full name without any warnings or errors appearing. [Test Case] Run users-admin or mate-users-admin from the terminal. Click on the button for changing your full name, change the name to something else and click "OK". You'll see a warning message in the terminal: Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 255 The full name won't be changed (see [Other Info]). [Regression Potential] I consider the regression risk to be low here. The patch has been - already tested by me and gnome-system-tools maintainer in Debian (see + already tested by me and system-tools-backends maintainer in Debian (see the corresponding Debian bug report). [Other Info] If https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411584 isn't fixed, the new name will appear in the GUI, but it really won't be changed. You can see that for yourself by simply restarting users-admin or mate-users-admin - it will show the old name then. If that bug is fixed, an error message dialog will appear, and the name in the GUI won't be changed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411577 Title: fix current user's info retrieval To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/+bug/1411577/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
