Public bug reported:
Give added users a unique ID rather than an ID based on the order they
are added.
Scenario -
Ubuntu is installed on lots of PCs in my family.
In my house, I might be user 1002
If I add myself as a user to a PC at my wifes families house, I might be user
1007.
If I add myself to a PC as my families house, I might be user 1005.
Now files that have my flash drive have all sorts of permissions issues,
and files I thought were secure (ID = 1002) might be accessible by other
people. (nephew, etc)
Solution -
generate a unique ID based on the user name.
see attached file for example:
NOTE: OPEN and READ before use.
Some settings are customizable.
I'm sure there is a better way to do this, but this works for me.
** Affects: adduser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: adduser unique-id wishlist
** Attachment added: "name2uniqueid.txt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1293618/+attachment/4028546/+files/name2uniqueid.txt
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