[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Changed in: gst Importance: Unknown = Critical -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

i have this empty users groups list too, on a reinstalled 8.04.4. (it was working before, with 8.04, which i used for years until i gave the 10.04 upgrade a try... :) hence the reinstall...) i have added users and groups manually with adduser and other commands (also with webmin). the

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

i have forgotten to mention, that adding users didn't f##k up the system in any way. it's just the gui app not showing anything. and i already found out why was that in my case (i wish if all things could be fixed this fast! :) in my case, my Real Name contained national characters, which showed

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

That would be a different bug then. Could you paste here the line from /etc/passwd which was the problem? National characters shouldn't be an issue as long as they are in UTF-8; if they aren't, then some strange tool must have gone wrong when writing to it. Closing the bug since in Lucid we no

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Changed in: gst Status: New = Fix Released -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Changed in: gst Status: Unknown = New -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #564780 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564780 ** Also affects: gst via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564780 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

Oh, thanks. Removing the obscure option helps a lot on changing password to wathever we want. Now is just someone with the needed knowledge solve the blank list on gui bug. ^^ Well, actually the blank list is not the problem, the real thing is the passwd file. This is a critical bug, if u

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

To allow unsecure password, you must remove the obscure option from the pam_unix line in either /etc/pam.d/passwd or in /etc/pam.d/common- passwd. It doesn't fix the bug still :( -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

The same happened to me in Intrepid, TWICE! Im brazillian and i have what we know as Cyber Café (its like a place with pcs with internet access and food together, i dont know how to explain better...) and i use Ubuntu Intrepid with LTSP. I have 6 terminals plus the server. I created an

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

I forgot to say, i did exactly the same as schmeii did. When i saw the blank list, tried to add an user, and bang! Everything was messed up. Even the thin clients couldn't be restarted (but i think that it isn't related to this thread). Passwd file was with only the current logged users. Isnt

[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

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[Bug 234473] Re: [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration

Confirmed in a new hardy install. This is a very serious bug. ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- [users-admin] [HARDY] erasing /etc/passwd and /etc/groups when failing to load configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234473 You received this bug