It looks like all current users and groups are deleted and then a group (not a user) is made with the name of the wanted user.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496213 is a bug in 2.20.x concerning making a group not a user. -- [HARDY] Users and Groups deleted loads of groups! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187147 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
