[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-18 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Thanks for the report. Are you able to modify any settings at all? Is your system up-to-date? I reckon this is a duplicate of bug 463353, which has been fixed recently. About reusing an already existing home directory: you know what you're doing, but the program has to make sure 1) the directory i

[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-21 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 463353 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463353 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 463353 [users-admin] Modifying user has no effect -- users-admin lies about changing home directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484501 You received this

[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-21 Thread Robert
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 463353 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463353 Sorry, this bug is not a duplicate of the cited bug. I just tried it in on fully updated karmic system and changing a user's home directory has no effect at all. Try it for yourself if you don't believe me! -

[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-21 Thread Robert
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 463353 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463353 P.S. I agree that setting the home directory to an existing directory is a dangerous thing to do and should not be done without a warning and a great deal of care. I could completely understand if you choose n

[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-21 Thread Robert
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 463353 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463353 P.P.S. Yes I am able to make other changes: I changed my real name successfully, for example. -- users-admin lies about changing home directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484501 You received this bug no

[Bug 484501] Re: users-admin lies about changing home directory

2009-11-21 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Thanks for the reply. I'm not able to reproduce the problem on my computer. Could you check that the command "sudo usermod -d [PATH TO HOMEDIR] [USER LOGIN]" works? If it does please follow the instructions for the too "users-admin" at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGnomeSystemTools. ** This bug