[Bug 228283] New: User administration: error about conflict with nis user isn't clear
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 Summary: User administration: error about conflict with nis user isn't clear Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: RC 5 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: cschum@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com When using NIS and creating a local user with the YaST user admin module, there is an error message, if a user is created with a userid which is already used by a NIS user. But the error message doesn't say so, it just says user conflict, which is hard to understand as the NIS users aren't listed in the shown list. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |jsuchome@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 jsuchome@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |cschum@novell.com ------- Comment #1 from jsuchome@novell.com 2006-12-14 06:34 MST ------- Which command reports correct type of already existing user? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 cschum@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|cschum@novell.com | ------- Comment #2 from cschum@novell.com 2006-12-14 07:29 MST ------- YaST could ask NIS or look in the passwd file or something like that. As the list of users shown in the module doesn't include NIS users it apparently also has a way to determine the type of the user. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 jsuchome@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |cschum@novell.com ------- Comment #3 from jsuchome@novell.com 2006-12-15 00:14 MST ------- yast checks if the user name is used with getpwnam call, which doesn't require loading NIS or LDAP users and only reports if the user name is already in use or not. Yes I can make yast2-users do a check for NIS users or perform ldap search for LDAP users if the conflict is detected. But I'm not sure if this is worthy, at it will take some time. That's why I'm asking you if you know a tool that reports correct type of already existing user and not only something like "Account `aa' already exists.", reported by useradd. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 cschum@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|cschum@novell.com | ------- Comment #4 from cschum@novell.com 2006-12-15 01:57 MST ------- I don't know such a tool, but I'm no expert in this area. Maybe the error message could at least say that the conflict potentially could be with a NIS or LDAP user when it can't be found in passwd (which should be quick to check). If you don't find a way to quickly find out the exact reason of the conflict it would be nice to give the user a hint what it could be. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 jsuchome@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Normal |Minor ------- Comment #5 from jsuchome@novell.com 2006-12-15 02:04 MST ------- You're right, that could be possible -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 jsuchome@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |rwalter@novell.com ------- Comment #6 from jsuchome@novell.com 2007-06-12 01:32 MST ------- Current error message is: "There is a conflict between the entered username and an existing username. Try another one." What about changing it to this one (only when trying to add local user and if LDAP or NIS is available): "There is a conflict between the entered username and an existing username. (The existing username might belong to NIS or LDAP user.) Try another one." Rebecca, what do you think? Do you have any better alternative? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 rwalter@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|rwalter@novell.com | ------- Comment #7 from rwalter@novell.com 2007-06-12 02:08 MST ------- Sounds reasonable. "There is a conflict between the entered username and an existing username. The existing username might belong to NIS or LDAP user. Try another one." -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228283 jsuchome@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #8 from jsuchome@novell.com 2007-06-12 02:59 MST ------- Fixed in yast2-users-2.15.30 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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