[Dx-packages] [Bug 1300514] Re: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update
This was fixed in accountsservice 0.6.37-1ubuntu3. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/0.6.37-1ubuntu3 ** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300514 Title: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in accountsservice source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: After today performing a system update from 13.10 [previously updated cca 1mo ago], my account with UID has disappeared from lightdm. /etc/login.defs, /etc/adduser.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf have all been configured to treat users with minimum UID 500 as regular users. The remark in users.conf mentioning AccountsService gave me a hint to explore what this service is. It's very nasty that this completely opaque and unknown service determines whether an account will appear on the list or not. Digging around its process /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon (what a nasty place to put this binary) using strace, I noticed /var/lib/AccountsService/users/myusername is being accessed. This may be obvious to developers, but to someone troubleshooting, it's bad and unexpected. I fixed my issue by editing the aforementioned file and replacing SystemAccount=true with SystemAccount=false, killing the accounts- daemon and (to avoid restart) starting it in terminal. This would all be worth just a rant instead of a bug report, were it not for the fact that only today have I logged in correctly from the main screen, updated the system, and after only a reboot -- without touching or knowing about /var/lib/AccountsService/users directory -- my account has disappeared. Either this directory was automagically touched, or SystemAccount=true previously didn't affect lightdm. Please provide and expose a canonical and universal place to determine minimum UID for the system to treat a user account as a human account. Having three somewhat-documented files and none of them having effect upon accountsservice is quite bad. If this package is inappropriate for this bug report, please reassign. [The reason why UID 1000 is no-good are OS X partitions -- on which I'd like to be able to access my files without resorting to sudo voodoo. The default UID on OS X happens to be 501.] Package version: 0.6.34-0ubuntu6 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lightdm 1.8.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 1 00:43:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1300514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1300514] Re: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update
** Also affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300514 Title: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in accountsservice source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: After today performing a system update from 13.10 [previously updated cca 1mo ago], my account with UID has disappeared from lightdm. /etc/login.defs, /etc/adduser.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf have all been configured to treat users with minimum UID 500 as regular users. The remark in users.conf mentioning AccountsService gave me a hint to explore what this service is. It's very nasty that this completely opaque and unknown service determines whether an account will appear on the list or not. Digging around its process /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon (what a nasty place to put this binary) using strace, I noticed /var/lib/AccountsService/users/myusername is being accessed. This may be obvious to developers, but to someone troubleshooting, it's bad and unexpected. I fixed my issue by editing the aforementioned file and replacing SystemAccount=true with SystemAccount=false, killing the accounts- daemon and (to avoid restart) starting it in terminal. This would all be worth just a rant instead of a bug report, were it not for the fact that only today have I logged in correctly from the main screen, updated the system, and after only a reboot -- without touching or knowing about /var/lib/AccountsService/users directory -- my account has disappeared. Either this directory was automagically touched, or SystemAccount=true previously didn't affect lightdm. Please provide and expose a canonical and universal place to determine minimum UID for the system to treat a user account as a human account. Having three somewhat-documented files and none of them having effect upon accountsservice is quite bad. If this package is inappropriate for this bug report, please reassign. [The reason why UID 1000 is no-good are OS X partitions -- on which I'd like to be able to access my files without resorting to sudo voodoo. The default UID on OS X happens to be 501.] Package version: 0.6.34-0ubuntu6 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lightdm 1.8.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 1 00:43:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1300514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1300514] Re: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300514 Title: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After today performing a system update from 13.10 [previously updated cca 1mo ago], my account with UID has disappeared from lightdm. /etc/login.defs, /etc/adduser.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf have all been configured to treat users with minimum UID 500 as regular users. The remark in users.conf mentioning AccountsService gave me a hint to explore what this service is. It's very nasty that this completely opaque and unknown service determines whether an account will appear on the list or not. Digging around its process /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon (what a nasty place to put this binary) using strace, I noticed /var/lib/AccountsService/users/myusername is being accessed. This may be obvious to developers, but to someone troubleshooting, it's bad and unexpected. I fixed my issue by editing the aforementioned file and replacing SystemAccount=true with SystemAccount=false, killing the accounts- daemon and (to avoid restart) starting it in terminal. This would all be worth just a rant instead of a bug report, were it not for the fact that only today have I logged in correctly from the main screen, updated the system, and after only a reboot -- without touching or knowing about /var/lib/AccountsService/users directory -- my account has disappeared. Either this directory was automagically touched, or SystemAccount=true previously didn't affect lightdm. Please provide and expose a canonical and universal place to determine minimum UID for the system to treat a user account as a human account. Having three somewhat-documented files and none of them having effect upon accountsservice is quite bad. If this package is inappropriate for this bug report, please reassign. [The reason why UID 1000 is no-good are OS X partitions -- on which I'd like to be able to access my files without resorting to sudo voodoo. The default UID on OS X happens to be 501.] Package version: 0.6.34-0ubuntu6 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lightdm 1.8.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 1 00:43:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1300514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1300514] Re: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update
Re-assigning to accountsservice as this is the service that lightdm queries as to which users to show. Correct, we did change lightdm to honour the SystemAccount flag which is what has caused this problem for you. ** Package changed: lightdm (Ubuntu) = accountsservice (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300514 Title: Account with UID 501 disappeared after update Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After today performing a system update from 13.10 [previously updated cca 1mo ago], my account with UID has disappeared from lightdm. /etc/login.defs, /etc/adduser.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf have all been configured to treat users with minimum UID 500 as regular users. The remark in users.conf mentioning AccountsService gave me a hint to explore what this service is. It's very nasty that this completely opaque and unknown service determines whether an account will appear on the list or not. Digging around its process /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon (what a nasty place to put this binary) using strace, I noticed /var/lib/AccountsService/users/myusername is being accessed. This may be obvious to developers, but to someone troubleshooting, it's bad and unexpected. I fixed my issue by editing the aforementioned file and replacing SystemAccount=true with SystemAccount=false, killing the accounts- daemon and (to avoid restart) starting it in terminal. This would all be worth just a rant instead of a bug report, were it not for the fact that only today have I logged in correctly from the main screen, updated the system, and after only a reboot -- without touching or knowing about /var/lib/AccountsService/users directory -- my account has disappeared. Either this directory was automagically touched, or SystemAccount=true previously didn't affect lightdm. Please provide and expose a canonical and universal place to determine minimum UID for the system to treat a user account as a human account. Having three somewhat-documented files and none of them having effect upon accountsservice is quite bad. If this package is inappropriate for this bug report, please reassign. [The reason why UID 1000 is no-good are OS X partitions -- on which I'd like to be able to access my files without resorting to sudo voodoo. The default UID on OS X happens to be 501.] Package version: 0.6.34-0ubuntu6 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lightdm 1.8.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 1 00:43:23 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (41 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1300514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
