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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1411577 Title: fix current user's info retrieval Status in system-tools-backends package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in system-tools-backends source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in system-tools-backends source package in Utopic: Triaged Status in system-tools-backends package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: [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 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-tools-backends/+bug/1411577/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
