[Bug 489136] Re: patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends)
Could you consider the adduser patch for building packages that can be tested/used (independently from g-s-t)? -- patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 489136] Re: patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends)
If policykit broke the desktop and unprivileged profiles this is a bug with policykit not being set up to honor those unix groups. I don't see user profiles only with respect to g-s-t. It seems usefull also for admins not using g-s-t. As adduser is supposed to be thesystem wide tool, even the installer creating users during install should benefit from it. Regarding gst-backend features: * make the frontends fetch defined defaults (and profiles) through the backend * if adduser is used, backend parses /etc/adduser.conf for active system defaults * check if it is a symlink * parse other available adduser.conf.profiles * option to choose between those profiles (--conf FILE) * option to switch default system profile (symlink) * if adduser is not used backend parses /etc/g-s-t/ for defaults and available profiles -- patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 489136] Re: patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends)
The main issue now that users-admin uses adduser for most settings is that we'd need to move all profile handling logic to the backends, and then rely on the platform's tools (here adduser) if possible. There need to be a fallback since not all platforms (will) support this feature. For sure, that won't happen this cycle. It would be good to think more about this to see what other improvements we can bring by moving to this new behavior, so that we don't redesign the protocol at every version. Another concern is that the Unprivileged profile doesn't really work ATM, since most system groups we show aren't used anymore. So this account type is basically as powerful as a standard Desktop user (see bug 326135). -- patch: makes adduser.conf a symlink to a profile (provides switchable profile feature to all frontends) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
