Created attachment 169756 [details] Depiction of the problem. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Name the superuser `root`. 2. Log in as the superuser via SDDM. 3. * 1. Invoke `systemsettings` 2. Navigate to "Users". * Invoke `kcmshell6 kcm_users`. OBSERVED RESULT I'm unable to select the superuser from the list, even when authenticated as it. EXPECTED RESULT I should be able to select the superuser, especially when authenticated as it, since it's automatically selected upon launching the KCM. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0 Qt Version: 6.7.0 Kernel Version: 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor Memory: 30.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700 Manufacturer: ASRock Product Name: X670E Taichi ADDITIONAL INFORMATION https://unix.stackexchange.com/revisions/777040/1#:~:text=the%20user%20cannot%20retroactively%20select%20it%2C%20because%20it%20doesn't%20appear%20in%20the%20user%20list%20(the%20user%20you%20see%20is%20my%20user%2C%20not%20the%20superuser)
The accounts service intentionally does not support modifying the root user, and the entire reason this system module exists and makes use of the AS is to remove the need for graphical usage of root. This is an unsupported usecase on multiple fronts.
(In reply to Janet Blackquill from comment #1) In which case, would you accept this as a WISHLIST?
(In reply to Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell from comment #2) I ask because the superuser appearing in the KCM does not mean that its attributes need to be modifiable - merely viewable, as https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=169756&action=edit demonstrates that they already are, before another user is selected.
Created attachment 180830 [details] A Screenshot Of The Empty User Fields