Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed
-- 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/811772 Title: useradd added a user with an already used UID Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have my primary user with uid 1000 $ id uid=1000(akm) gid=1000(akm) groups=1000(akm),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),119(admin),122(sambashare),1001(dba) I wanted to create a user with the same group as me (akm) but with a lower UID. I used: $ sudo useradd -mN -g akm -K UID_MAX=900 nektois But it created the new user with the same uid 1000. I wasn't able therefore to delete it or alter, since the usermod/userdel complained that the user already logged in. I was able to delete the user via gui applet, but /etc/passwd still has it $ grep nekto /etc/passwd nektois:x:1000:1000::/home/nektois:/bin/sh ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: passwd 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.54-generic 2.6.35.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jul 17 08:15:31 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: shadow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/811772/+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