Public bug reported: The User object in liblightdm doesn't provide a method to get the user ID. This means you have to use getpwnam to get this if you want it, even though liblightdm already knows the value. It would be nice to have an API to get this directly.
** Affects: lightdm Importance: Wishlist Status: Fix Released ** Affects: lightdm/1.10 Importance: Wishlist Status: Fix Committed ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist Status: Fix Released ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Wishlist Status: New ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Wishlist Status: Fix Released ** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Also affects: lightdm Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: lightdm/1.10 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: lightdm Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: lightdm Importance: Medium => Wishlist ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Importance: Medium => Wishlist ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Medium => Wishlist ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Medium => Wishlist ** Changed in: lightdm/1.10 Milestone: None => 1.10.2 ** Changed in: lightdm Milestone: None => 1.11.2 ** Branch linked: lp:~cimi/lightdm/uid-bindings -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1370327 Title: Add API to get UID for users Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager 1.10 series: Fix Committed Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Trusty: New Status in “lightdm” source package in Utopic: Fix Released Bug description: The User object in liblightdm doesn't provide a method to get the user ID. This means you have to use getpwnam to get this if you want it, even though liblightdm already knows the value. It would be nice to have an API to get this directly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1370327/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp