Ubuntu
mugshot package

Mugshot fails to launch after clearing all user info fields (name, initials, email, etc)

Bug #1394064 reported by flan_suse
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mugshot
Fix Released
Undecided
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Mugshot 0.3.1
mugshot (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

* Launch mugshot
* Clear out ALL the fields (First Name, Last Name, Initials, Email, etc)
* Attempt to launch mugshot again

It gives an error of: IndexError: string index out of range

The only way to fix this at the moment is to correct the mistake it made under /etc/passwd

I had to change the entry from this:

flansuse:x:1000:1000:,,none,none:/home/flansuse:/bin/bash

To this:

flansuse:x:1000:1000::/home/flansuse:/bin/bash

It appears Mugshot does not properly modify and read the /etc/passwd file if you clear ALL the fields (First Name, Last Name, Initials, Email, etc)

Distro: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Package: mugshot 0.2.5-0ubuntu0.1

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

Fixed in https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mugshot-dev/mugshot/trunk/revision/202

Changed in mugshot:
status: New → Fix Committed
Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in mugshot:
milestone: none → 0.3.1
Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in mugshot:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mugshot - 0.3.1-0ubuntu1

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mugshot (0.3.1-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream bugfix release.
    - Fix: Failure in extracting details from /etc/passwd (LP: #1304920)
    - Fix: Failed reading of /etc/passwd with empty values (LP: #1394064)
    - Fix: Crash when ~/.face is empty or invalid (LP: #1400055)
    - Fix: Crash when unable to read LibreOffice config (LP: #1557744)
    - Fix: Incorrect handling of empty name fields (LP: #1559815)
  * debian/patches/01_disable-clutter-camera.patch
    - Added, clutter camera is broken in xenial
  * debian/rules
    - Drop depends on gstreamer1.0-tools

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:34:28 -0400

Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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