User Accounts profiles need to be updated for Ubuntu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayatana Design |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
accountsservice (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Rodrigo Moya | ||
Oneiric |
Invalid
|
High
|
Rodrigo Moya |
Bug Description
The User applet in gnome-control-
It requires:
* Group management
* Gecos field update
* User privileges (or user's groups)
* Modification of additional fields like 'Home directory', 'Shell' and 'User ID'
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-control-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 15 09:32:47 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-12 (2 days ago)
Related branches
- Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
-
Diff: 35 lines (+11/-1)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+7/-0)
debian/patches/0002-create-and-manage-groups-like-on-a-ubuntu-system.patch (+4/-1)
Changed in accountsservice (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) |
summary: |
- User Accounts applet is too basic and needs advanced settings + User Accounts profiles need to be updated for Ubuntu |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Rodrigo Moya (rodrigo-moya) |
importance: | Low → High |
Could you describe in which situation a normal user would need those? The dialog has a support for profiles, i.e an user can be a normal user or an admin one, those profiles should handle most of the needs, especially if the sysadmin can add custom profiles. Is there a real need to modify the user directory, shell or user id from a simple ui? If you are technical enough to change those you can probably use a command line, those are not settings that users should have to change and exposing them in an u.i can lead to users trying and breaking things