Bug 732830 - Use /etc/login.defs to define a 'system' account instead of hard-coding 500 (kdebase-workspace)
Summary: Use /etc/login.defs to define a 'system' account instead of hard-coding 500 (...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kdebase-workspace
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Than Ngo
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1kAccounts 717115
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-08-23 19:22 UTC by Miloslav Trmač
Modified: 2011-10-04 21:19 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: akonadi-1.6.1-1.fc16
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 717115
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-09-06 09:38:27 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Define kdm's MinShowUID==-1 to mean "system default" (18.85 KB, patch)
2011-08-23 19:31 UTC, Miloslav Trmač
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Description Miloslav Trmač 2011-08-23 19:22:03 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #717115 +++

etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc:MinShowUID categorizes UIDs as system/user using a
hard-coded value 500.  Please use UID_MIN from /etc/login.defs for this; we
plan to change the boundary; this could perhaps be done by extending kdm to parse /etc/login/defs. file for a default value of this setting, then removing this setting from kdmrc.

See attachment 510191 [details] for the proper way to parse /etc/login.defs.

Please let me know if you want me to prepare a complete patch.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kde-settings-4.6-10.fc16
kdebase-workspace-4.6.80-1.fc16

--- Additional comment from than on 2011-07-21 05:46:27 EDT ---

Miloslav, patch is always welcome ;-)

thanks

--- Additional comment from k.georgiou.uk on 2011-07-21 06:37:33 EDT ---

system accounts are the ones below SYS_UID_MAX not below UID_MIN. UID_MIN is only the minimum that useradd uses, external user accounts (ldap) can still be below UID_MIN.

--- Additional comment from mitr on 2011-07-21 07:07:45 EDT ---

(In reply to comment #2)
> system accounts are the ones below SYS_UID_MAX not below UID_MIN. UID_MIN is
> only the minimum that useradd uses, external user accounts (ldap) can still be
> below UID_MIN.

Similarly, external system accounts can be outside of the SYS_* range.  kdm considers each account to be either a system or user account, there is no "unknown" category.

Comment 1 Miloslav Trmač 2011-08-23 19:31:00 UTC
Created attachment 519510 [details]
Define kdm's MinShowUID==-1 to mean "system default"

The attached patch implements this functionality for kdm:

* Add kdm-minmaxuid.[ch] to consolidate UID-related defaults, eliminating code duplication and platform dependencies from kcm_kdm and genkdmconf.

* In config.def, document that MinShowUID==-1 means "use platform default".

* In kdm-minmaxuid.c, default MinShowUID to -1 on Fedora/RH systems if /etc/login.defs exists.  Add interpretMinUid() helper to handle the "-1" value by reading /etc/login.defs or referring to preexisting defaults.

* In the "Users" tab of kdm_kcm, allow MinShowUID value -1, and document it in a tooltip.

* In kdm_kcm, genkdmconf, and kgreeter, call interpretMinUid() to handle the "-1" value.

Comment 2 Than Ngo 2011-09-06 09:38:27 UTC
it's fixed in rawhide, kdebase-workspace-4.7.1.

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2011-09-16 15:58:20 UTC
Looks like the patch here was inadvertantly not applied, really added to 4.7.1-2 build now.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-09-26 16:17:02 UTC
akonadi-1.6.1-1.fc16, blinken-4.7.1-2.fc16, cantor-4.7.1-2.fc16, gwenview-4.7.1-2.fc16, kalgebra-4.7.1-1.fc16, kalzium-4.7.1-1.fc16, kamera-4.7.1-1.fc16, kanagram-4.7.1-1.fc16, kate-4.7.1-1.fc16, kbruch-4.7.1-2.fc16, kcolorchooser-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeaccessibility-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeadmin-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdeartwork-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdebase-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdebase-runtime-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdebase-workspace-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdeedu-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdegames-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.7.1-1.fc16, kde-l10n-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdelibs-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdemultimedia-4.7.1-4.fc16, kdenetwork-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepim-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepimlibs-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepim-runtime-4.7.1-4.fc16, kdeplasma-addons-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdesdk-4.7.1-1.fc16, kde-settings-4.7-7.fc16, kdetoys-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeutils-4.7.1-1.fc16, kgamma-4.7.1-1.fc16, kgeography-4.7.1-2.fc16, khangman-4.7.1-2.fc16, kig-4.7.1-2.fc16, kiten-4.7.1-2.fc16, klettres-4.7.1-2.fc16, kmplot-4.7.1-2.fc16, kolourpaint-4.7.1-1.fc16, konsole-4.7.1-1.fc16, kross-interpreters-4.7.1-1.fc16, kruler-4.7.1-1.fc16, ksaneplugin-4.7.1-1.fc16, ksnapshot-4.7.1-1.fc16, kstars-4.7.1-3.fc16, ktouch-4.7.1-2.fc16, kturtle-4.7.1-2.fc16, kwordquiz-4.7.1-2.fc16, libkdcraw-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkdeedu-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkexiv2-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkipi-4.7.1-1.fc16, libksane-4.7.1-1.fc16, marble-4.7.1-1.fc16, okular-4.7.1-2.fc16, oxygen-icon-theme-4.7.1-1.fc16, parley-4.7.1-2.fc16, PyKDE4-4.7.1-2.fc16, rocs-4.7.1-3.fc16, shared-desktop-ontologies-0.8.0-1.fc16, smokegen-4.7.1-1.fc16, smokekde-4.7.1-2.fc16, smokeqt-4.7.1-2.fc16, step-4.7.1-2.fc16, svgpart-4.7.1-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/akonadi-1.6.1-1.fc16,blinken-4.7.1-2.fc16,cantor-4.7.1-2.fc16,gwenview-4.7.1-2.fc16,kalgebra-4.7.1-1.fc16,kalzium-4.7.1-1.fc16,kamera-4.7.1-1.fc16,kanagram-4.7.1-1.fc16,kate-4.7.1-1.fc16,kbruch-4.7.1-2.fc16,kcolorchooser-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdeaccessibility-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdeadmin-4.7.1-2.fc16,kdeartwork-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdebase-4.7.1-2.fc16,kdebase-runtime-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdebase-workspace-4.7.1-2.fc16,kdeedu-4.7.1-2.fc16,kdegames-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdegraphics-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.7.1-1.fc16,kde-l10n-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdelibs-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdemultimedia-4.7.1-4.fc16,kdenetwork-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdepim-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdepimlibs-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdepim-runtime-4.7.1-4.fc16,kdeplasma-addons-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdesdk-4.7.1-1.fc16,kde-settings-4.7-7.fc16,kdetoys-4.7.1-1.fc16,kdeutils-4.7.1-1.fc16,kgamma-4.7.1-1.fc16,kgeography-4.7.1-2.fc16,khangman-4.7.1-2.fc16,kig-4.7.1-2.fc16,kiten-4.7.1-2.fc16,klettres-4.7.1-2.fc16,kmplot-4.7.1-2.fc16,kolourpaint-4.7.1-1.fc16,konsole-4.7.1-1.fc16,kross-interpreters-4.7.1-1.fc16,kruler-4.7.1-1.fc16,ksaneplugin-4.7.1-1.fc16,ksnapshot-4.7.1-1.fc16,kstars-4.7.1-3.fc16,ktouch-4.7.1-2.fc16,kturtle-4.7.1-2.fc16,kwordquiz-4.7.1-2.fc16,libkdcraw-4.7.1-1.fc16,libkdeedu-4.7.1-1.fc16,libkexiv2-4.7.1-1.fc16,libkipi-4.7.1-1.fc16,libksane-4.7.1-1.fc16,marble-4.7.1-1.fc16,okular-4.7.1-2.fc16,oxygen-icon-theme-4.7.1-1.fc16,parley-4.7.1-2.fc16,PyKDE4-4.7.1-2.fc16,rocs-4.7.1-3.fc16,shared-desktop-ontologies-0.8.0-1.fc16,smokegen-4.7.1-1.fc16,smokekde-4.7.1-2.fc16,smokeqt-4.7.1-2.fc16,step-4.7.1-2.fc16,svgpart-4.7.1-1.fc16

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-10-04 21:19:00 UTC
akonadi-1.6.1-1.fc16, blinken-4.7.1-2.fc16, cantor-4.7.1-2.fc16, gwenview-4.7.1-2.fc16, kalgebra-4.7.1-1.fc16, kalzium-4.7.1-1.fc16, kamera-4.7.1-1.fc16, kanagram-4.7.1-1.fc16, kate-4.7.1-1.fc16, kbruch-4.7.1-2.fc16, kcolorchooser-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeaccessibility-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeadmin-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdeartwork-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdebase-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdebase-runtime-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdebase-workspace-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdeedu-4.7.1-2.fc16, kdegames-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdegraphics-thumbnailers-4.7.1-1.fc16, kde-l10n-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdemultimedia-4.7.1-4.fc16, kdenetwork-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepim-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepimlibs-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdepim-runtime-4.7.1-4.fc16, kdeplasma-addons-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdesdk-4.7.1-1.fc16, kde-settings-4.7-7.fc16, kdetoys-4.7.1-1.fc16, kgamma-4.7.1-1.fc16, kgeography-4.7.1-2.fc16, khangman-4.7.1-2.fc16, kig-4.7.1-2.fc16, kiten-4.7.1-2.fc16, klettres-4.7.1-2.fc16, kmplot-4.7.1-2.fc16, kolourpaint-4.7.1-1.fc16, konsole-4.7.1-1.fc16, kross-interpreters-4.7.1-1.fc16, kruler-4.7.1-1.fc16, ksaneplugin-4.7.1-1.fc16, ksnapshot-4.7.1-1.fc16, kstars-4.7.1-3.fc16, ktouch-4.7.1-2.fc16, kturtle-4.7.1-2.fc16, kwordquiz-4.7.1-2.fc16, libkdcraw-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkdeedu-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkexiv2-4.7.1-1.fc16, libkipi-4.7.1-1.fc16, libksane-4.7.1-1.fc16, marble-4.7.1-1.fc16, okular-4.7.1-2.fc16, oxygen-icon-theme-4.7.1-1.fc16, parley-4.7.1-2.fc16, PyKDE4-4.7.1-2.fc16, rocs-4.7.1-3.fc16, shared-desktop-ontologies-0.8.0-1.fc16, smokegen-4.7.1-1.fc16, smokekde-4.7.1-2.fc16, smokeqt-4.7.1-2.fc16, step-4.7.1-2.fc16, svgpart-4.7.1-1.fc16, kdeutils-4.7.1-3.fc16, kdelibs-4.7.1-2.fc16.1 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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