On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 18:35 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > If the administrator has set up profiles (we do by default in Ubuntu) > > then if a users home directory differs from that which their profile > > would suggest (e.g. root on Ubuntu), then changing anything about > > that user will change their home directory. > > I think it doesn't make sense to add this unless #488256 is accepted (either > at > Debian or upstream, and if it's done upstream I'd hope this is fixed there > too).
I would suggest that it is still worth having as an admin could add profiles locally, and this bug can have quite nasty consequences. While it is probably rare for an admin to do this it would seem sensible to protect them from a known bug. Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
