Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
On a newly installed Jaunty, I have a separate /home. I installed Jaunty
over the older version in / partition. So obviously, users' home dirs
existed in /home. /home was left alone during partition assignment step
of the installation. Only / was formatted (and swap).
After installation when I tried to add users with the same user names as
before (i.e. matching their home dirs in /home), the GUI failed
complaining the home dir already exists and telling me to use a
different one.
What should have happened is that the GUI should have seen that dir,
reported it to me and asked if I wanted to use that one or to delete and
recreate it or whether I wanted to use a different one.
I had to use the adduser command instead to add the users.
This is on a newly installed and updated Jaunty today (24 April, 2009).
I am not at the machine right now so cannot give the exact version of
the package.
Thanks.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
- On a newly installed Jaunty, I have a separate /home. I installed Jaunt
+ On a newly installed Jaunty, I have a separate /home. I installed Jaunty
over the older version in / partition. So obviously, users' home dirs
- existed in /home.
+ existed in /home. /home was left alone during partition assignment step
+ of the installation. Only / was formatted (and swap).
After installation when I tried to add users with the same user names as
before (i.e. matching their home dirs in /home), the GUI failed
complaining the home dir already exists and telling me to use a
different one.
What should have happened is that the GUI should have seen that dir,
reported it to me and asked if I wanted to use that one or to delete and
recreate it or whether I wanted to use a different one.
I had to use the adduser command instead to add the users.
This is on a newly installed and updated Jaunty today (24 April, 2009).
I am not at the machine right now so cannot give the exact version of
the package.
Thanks.
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trying to add a user with pre-existing user home dir fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365850
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