Bug 298694

Summary: kcm_useraccount hangs when changing full name
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: stupor_scurvy343
Component: kcm_useraccountAssignee: Frans Englich <frans.englich>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: critical    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description stupor_scurvy343 2012-04-23 20:20:02 UTC 
When changing the current user's full name, kcm_useraccount hangs.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start kcm_useraccount, either via systemsettings or terminal
2. Make modification to the 'name' field
3. Select apply, and enter password when requested
Actual Results:  
Real name is changed, but kcm_useraccount hangs.

Expected Results:  
No hang.

chfn is from shadow-4.1.5, with CHFN_RESTRICT frwh.
Comment 1 stupor_scurvy343 2012-04-23 20:24:56 UTC 
Created attachment 70615 [details]
Backtrace

Looking at the backtrace, it appears the hang may be the result of a blocking readLine, perhaps because chfn already terminated, or because running chfn -f manually does not produce any output on success.
Comment 2 stupor_scurvy343 2012-05-14 16:02:41 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 156396 ***