POSIX supports upper and lower case letters, however adduser is
configured by default in Debian to only allow lower case. It makes sense
for Unity Control Center to only allow lower case given it is used in
Ubuntu, though GNOME Control Center might still continue to allow mixed
case.
** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600638
Title:
Unity control center chokes on upper case in user name
Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in unity-control-center source package in Xenial:
Triaged
Bug description:
1. Enter control panel
2. "Add account"
3. Use an invalid charcter, such as an upper case letter.
4. Get a confusing error message:
Failed to add account
running '/usr/sbin/adduser' failed: Child process exited with code 1'
This is an easy fix, and could keep a user from getting really confused.
For a confused user see
http://askubuntu.com/questions/677749/failed-to-add-account-in-ubuntu-14-04
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20150916-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-88.135-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-88-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jul 10 12:46:05 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: unity-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_unity-control-center:
deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4
gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu56.1
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