[Touch-packages] [Bug 1770233] Re: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user
** Package changed: shadow (Ubuntu) => gnome-initial-setup (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770233 Title: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user Status in gnome-initial-setup package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On May 8. 2018 I was prompted to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04. The upgrade went smooth except that the installer asked me if it could make changes to /etc/login.defs. I thought it was supposed to not ask questions (and stall the upgrade if I was away from the computer), but I pressed yes and it continued. I pressed yes since I had not personally modified this file as far as I can remember and was not particularly attached to its contents. After reboot gnome-initial-setup wants me to create a new user. There is no (obvious) way to login with my old user, but Ctrl+Alt+F2 luckily worked---I could log in and all my files where still there. I tried changing UID_MIN in /etc/login.defs back to 500 from 1000 (I believe this was the change I was prompted about), but I still could not login graphically, so the /etc/login.defs change may have been unconnected to the bug. I was able to figure out that the offending program was called gnome- initial-setup and an "apt purge gnome-initial-setup" later I could log in as normal. I do not believe an average user could have figured this out (how many even know about the virtual terminals Ctrl+Alt+FX?). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-initial-setup/+bug/1770233/+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
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1770233] Re: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user
$ cat /var/log/installer/media-info Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770233 Title: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On May 8. 2018 I was prompted to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04. The upgrade went smooth except that the installer asked me if it could make changes to /etc/login.defs. I thought it was supposed to not ask questions (and stall the upgrade if I was away from the computer), but I pressed yes and it continued. I pressed yes since I had not personally modified this file as far as I can remember and was not particularly attached to its contents. After reboot gnome-initial-setup wants me to create a new user. There is no (obvious) way to login with my old user, but Ctrl+Alt+F2 luckily worked---I could log in and all my files where still there. I tried changing UID_MIN in /etc/login.defs back to 500 from 1000 (I believe this was the change I was prompted about), but I still could not login graphically, so the /etc/login.defs change may have been unconnected to the bug. I was able to figure out that the offending program was called gnome- initial-setup and an "apt purge gnome-initial-setup" later I could log in as normal. I do not believe an average user could have figured this out (how many even know about the virtual terminals Ctrl+Alt+FX?). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1770233/+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
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1770233] Re: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user
This is my home laptop and I'm at work right now, but it is a 2013 MacBook Air and I'm reasonably confident that I have never reinstalled Ubuntu---just upgraded periodically---so it was originally installed in 2013 or 2014. It is still working great (and things like suspend/resume works much better now than back then). If it is important I will try to remember to do something like this https://askubuntu.com/a/54317 to figure out the exact version that was first installed. Over all the experience of never having to reinstall has been great and I cannot remember any previous major problems with upgrading between versions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770233 Title: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On May 8. 2018 I was prompted to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04. The upgrade went smooth except that the installer asked me if it could make changes to /etc/login.defs. I thought it was supposed to not ask questions (and stall the upgrade if I was away from the computer), but I pressed yes and it continued. I pressed yes since I had not personally modified this file as far as I can remember and was not particularly attached to its contents. After reboot gnome-initial-setup wants me to create a new user. There is no (obvious) way to login with my old user, but Ctrl+Alt+F2 luckily worked---I could log in and all my files where still there. I tried changing UID_MIN in /etc/login.defs back to 500 from 1000 (I believe this was the change I was prompted about), but I still could not login graphically, so the /etc/login.defs change may have been unconnected to the bug. I was able to figure out that the offending program was called gnome- initial-setup and an "apt purge gnome-initial-setup" later I could log in as normal. I do not believe an average user could have figured this out (how many even know about the virtual terminals Ctrl+Alt+FX?). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1770233/+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
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1770233] Re: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user
Could you provide more information about this install? When did you originally install Ubuntu? I thought that the minimum UID has been 1000 for several years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770233 Title: Login package changes MIN_UID in /etc/login.defs -> AccountsService/GDM then ignores existing user (UID 501) -> starts gnome-inital-setup to create user Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On May 8. 2018 I was prompted to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04. The upgrade went smooth except that the installer asked me if it could make changes to /etc/login.defs. I thought it was supposed to not ask questions (and stall the upgrade if I was away from the computer), but I pressed yes and it continued. I pressed yes since I had not personally modified this file as far as I can remember and was not particularly attached to its contents. After reboot gnome-initial-setup wants me to create a new user. There is no (obvious) way to login with my old user, but Ctrl+Alt+F2 luckily worked---I could log in and all my files where still there. I tried changing UID_MIN in /etc/login.defs back to 500 from 1000 (I believe this was the change I was prompted about), but I still could not login graphically, so the /etc/login.defs change may have been unconnected to the bug. I was able to figure out that the offending program was called gnome- initial-setup and an "apt purge gnome-initial-setup" later I could log in as normal. I do not believe an average user could have figured this out (how many even know about the virtual terminals Ctrl+Alt+FX?). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1770233/+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