Bug 186430

Summary:	Login Manager: UID ranges -> better usability
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Christian González <christian.gonzalez>
Component:	kcm_kdm	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aacid, christian.gonzalez
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Christian González 2009-03-07 10:45:51 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

in login manager you can configure the range of UIDs that are shown in KDM.
But it is a bit awkward to say: "system usersare below XXX/above YYY" when you want to configure the behaviour of the login-able users - it's complicated thinking.

System UIDs: 
below: [1000 ]
above: [29999 ]

This is not what is the question. What it wants to ask is *what users should be DISPLAYED*.
This IMO could be fixed by just changing the text, no coding needed:
"System UIDs" -> "Displayed UIDs"
"below:" -> "from:"
"above:" -> "to:"

This is exactly the same, but MUCH more understandable.

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2009-03-07 11:08:39 UTC

hmm. i'm not entirely sure. this is only a filter - depending on the mode, this is only a preselection for, or is overridden by the checklists in the Users and Convenience tabs. so "Displayed UIDs" might be definitely confusing.

Comment 2 Christian González 2009-05-08 13:56:09 UTC

Ok, this was just a suggestion - call it like you want ;-)
But the current behaviour makes in impossible under some circumstances to have KDM show your users at all, which makes this KDM feature obsolete...

Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2015-09-26 09:54:26 UTC

kdm reached it's end of life with Plasma 4, whose last bugfix release was last August 2015, we are sorry we did not get to implement this wish.

We encourage you to try Plasma 5 and its recommended display manager SDDM and it's control module kcm_ssdm.

If you think your wish still applies to SDDM and/or kcm_ssdm please do not hesitate to add it.

Sorry again we could not process your wish.