Bug 102734

Summary:	kuser saves passwd file wrongly
Product:	[Unmaintained] kuser	Reporter:	Andrzej <superandrzej>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Szombathelyi György <gyurco>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	kuser after applaying changes passwd after changes passwd before changes Might as well try this

Description Andrzej 2005-03-29 13:18:22 UTC

Version:           2.0 (using KDE 3.4.0, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.4
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.9

When I do any change to an existing user e.g. assign new group to a user, kuser erase information about UID, home catalog, and shall.
There is no way to restore the previous state using kuser (in KDE 3.2.X the was at least save boton).
If some one do not spot that and reboot than he cannot access neither that user account nor the root account.
The only way to fix the problem is to restore passwd form passwd.bak or to edit it manually before booting.

BTW
The way kuser was handling saving in KDE 3.2 was much better (the save botton or a question if someone wants to save changes before leaveing the program)

Comment 1 Andrzej 2005-03-29 13:19:53 UTC

Created attachment 10400 [details]
kuser after applaying changes

Comment 2 Andrzej 2005-03-29 13:22:47 UTC

Created attachment 10401 [details]
passwd after changes

Comment 3 Andrzej 2005-03-29 13:29:15 UTC

Created attachment 10402 [details]
passwd before changes

Comment 4 Maksim Orlovich 2005-03-29 17:12:23 UTC

Created attachment 10409 [details]
Might as well try this 

I tried to fix it, but couldn't reproduce this. But there is a memory bug in
the app --- could to try the attached diff just in case it's the same issue?

Comment 5 Maksim Orlovich 2005-03-29 17:16:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 100443 ***

Comment 6 Andrzej 2005-03-29 19:19:45 UTC

OK. I've applied the diff file and the problem seems to be solved