Bug#405880: kdelibs4c2a: KDE User Mgmt tool breaks login permissions
Hi Larry,
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 07:45:14PM -0700, Larry Lade wrote:
> Package: kdelibs4c2a
> Version: 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-5
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> I create a new user using the "User Management" Control Center application (kcmshell), in su/Administrator mode. After this, I am unable to log into X, numerous services will not start, and I get "I have no name" with console logins.
>
> The problem turns out to be that the permissions on /etc/passwd and /etc/group are changed by this tool to 600 instead of 644. Manually resetting the permissions fixes everything.
>
Do you remember exaclty the commands that you executed with kcmshell?
I have looked at the "Control Center" and direclty in the kcmshell
options and there is not "User management" module:
ana@pryan:~$ kcmshell --list | grep -i user
useragent - Configure the way Konqueror reports itself
kcm_useraccount - User information such as password, name and email
privacy - Privacy - a kcontrol module to clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system
To manage users in KDE you have kuser. Perhaps were you using this tool?
Ana
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