Ubuntu
gnome-system-tools package

users-admin allows changes to root user

Bug #202611 reported by Caleb
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

One of Ubuntu's design principles, it seems, is to hide the root user through use of sudo and policykit. One glaring hole in this is that users-admin (Users and Groups in the Administration menu) displays root as a user that can be modified. A standard user might not even know that a user called "root" exists, and might be surprised to see this user on the list of users.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

Thanks for submitting this report and making ubuntu better.

However, I don't think this is really a bug. I would suggest that you look at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ if this issue is already entered. Otherwise you can enter it there.

I would like to close this report here, if this is ok.

Thanks

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
assignee: nobody → txwikinger
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Incomplete
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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
assignee: txwikinger → nobody
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.

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