Bug#302921: kuser: corrupts username information

[Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 01:08:36PM -0700, Aaron Johnson wrote:
> 
> Package: kuser
> Version: 4:3.4.0-0pre1
> Severity: critical
> Tags: experimental
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
> 
> 1. Do a fresh net install of Debian Sarge RC3
> 2. Upgrade to Unstable
> 3. Add pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org to sources.list
> 4. Apt-get install x-window-system kde kdm cupsys sane
> 5. Log into KDE using the username created while installing Debian
> 6. Open Kuser, select the username, then click the edit button
> 7. Select the groups tab, then select the lpadmin, saned, and scanner
> groups
> 8. Select OK, then close Kuser (there is no save button)
> 9. Watch the problems start :{ - Konsole no longer works correctly, KDM
> does not list the username, reopening Kuser shows the username is on the
> same level number as root (0)
> 10. I have not discovered a fix. Attempting to recover the user account
> with usermod
Could you send the relevent lines of your passwd file (obscuring
anything which is irrelevent and private)?

Thanks,
Justin