Did you look at /etc/group after you deleted the user? Was that user still there? Did you look at /etc/passwd after you deleted the user? Please do look at /etc/passwd before and after you remove the user and report the results here.
Users are declared in /etc/passwd, one line per user. /etc/group shows the group name followed by all of the users in that group. When you delete a user, the username should be removed from /etc/passwd and from the groups which have that user as a member. Apparently that is not being done. I am testing the Hardy 8.04 alpha-2 development release. I noticed that I was not able to add myself to a group using the System>Administration>UsersAndGroups. When I tried, it appeared to add me (checked the box next my username in the group), but that didn't persist after I closed the menu item. When I looked at /etc/group, I still was not listed in the group. It acts as though the UsersAndGroups routine is not saving the /etc/group file after a change is made. I then did as you did, manually editing the /etc/group file to add me to that particular group. This persisted after I closed the editor. That is, listing /etc/group now shows me in that group and using the menu item I also am shown to be in the group. I haven't tried removing and/or adding a user. That's something for me to try, now that you've reported this problem in 7.10. ** Summary changed: - Can not remove a user and create a new one with the same username as the deleted one. No error message is presented. + [7.10 8.04alpha-2 users groups] Can not remove a user and create a new one with the same username as the deleted one. No error message is presented. ** Tags added: 7.10 8.04 alpha-2 groups users -- [7.10 8.04alpha-2 users groups] Can not remove a user and create a new one with the same username as the deleted one. No error message is presented. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
