Bug 1003860 - gnome-initial-setup running at every boot when using non-domain network auth
Summary: gnome-initial-setup running at every boot when using non-domain network auth
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-initial-setup
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-03 11:36 UTC by Stephen Gallagher
Modified: 2015-02-17 17:02 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-02-17 17:02:23 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Stephen Gallagher 2013-09-03 11:36:55 UTC
Description of problem:
I recently reinstalled Fedora 19 on my laptop from scratch. When I booted up, it launched gnome-initial-setup which forced me to create a local user (or use the new realmd interface for setting up an enterprise login). Neither of these options was correct for my environment, since I did not have an Active Directory or FreeIPA domain to connect to, but a generic LDAP+Kerberos setup. I planned to just set SSSD up as root and sign in using a network login, but this was impossible.

So I then created a local account which was automatically logged in. I used this session to become root, set up SSSD and then reboot and become my network user. I then removed the temporary local account since it's unnecessary. However, on the next reboot, this triggered gnome-initial-setup to run again, thereby forcing me to *again* create a local user account that I do not want (and do not want on my login screen)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-initial-setup-0.12-1.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 19
2. Create a local user
3. Set up SSSD (without using realmd)
4. Reboot
5. Sign in to network user
6. Remove local user.
7. Reboot

Actual results:
gnome-initial-setup runs again after step 7, forcing me to again create a local user.

Expected results:
gnome-initial-setup should not run if GDM is aware of a valid login user.

Additional info:
This is a very serious issue for anyone who is using Fedora in a corporate environment with a custom LDAP/KRB5 authentication system. It forces the creation of an *administrator* account where it is probably unwanted.

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