fix current user's info retrieval
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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system-tools-backends (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Brian Murray | ||
Utopic |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Brian Murray |
Bug Description
[Impact]
When a user tries to change his full name via users-admin or mate-users-admin, an error in system-
the name remains unchanged (see [Other Info]).
The problem is already fixed in Debian and Ubuntu 15.04, but system-
The attached patch fixes the issue and allows user to change the full name without any warnings or errors appearing.
[Test Case]
Run users-admin or mate-users-admin from the terminal. Click on the button for changing your full name, change the name to something else and click "OK".
You'll see a warning message in the terminal:
Liboobs-WARNING **: There was an unknown error communicating with the backends: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 255
The full name won't be changed (see [Other Info]).
[Regression Potential]
I consider the regression risk to be low here. The patch has been already tested by me and system-
[Other Info]
If https:/
If that bug is fixed, an error message dialog will appear, and the name in the GUI won't be changed.
Changed in system-tools-backends (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in system-tools-backends (Ubuntu Utopic): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
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