[Bug 625765] New: "Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm"
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c0 Summary: "Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE4 Workspace AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100714 SUSE/2.0.6-2.2 SeaMonkey/2.0.6 Dear all, when updating my system Sunday night I noticed the following "Additional rpm output" when kdm was updated: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm Is this of any importance or can I safely ignore it? The repository in question is KDE:Distro:Factory where KDE 4.4.93 (4.5-rc2) got updated to 4.4.95 (4.5-rc3). Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have any KDE4 version previous to 4.4.95 installed. 2. Run 'zypper up' or, if the update requires vendor change, 'zypper dup' (verbosity at your choice). 3. Watch the "Additional rpm output" when package 'kdm' gets updated. Actual Results: see above Expected Results: Don't know what to expect. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c1 --- Comment #1 from Sven Zallmann <sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.de> 2010-07-28 11:31:55 UTC --- Still applies for new pkg revision. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c2 Christian Trippe <ctrippe@gmx.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aj@novell.com --- Comment #2 from Christian Trippe <ctrippe@gmx.net> 2010-08-24 07:09:36 UTC --- *** Bug 633926 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633926 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c3 Christian Trippe <ctrippe@gmx.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ctrippe@gmx.net Component|KDE4 Workspace |KDE4 Workspace Product|openSUSE 11.2 |openSUSE 11.3 --- Comment #3 from Christian Trippe <ctrippe@gmx.net> 2010-08-24 07:24:59 UTC --- Also present with openSUSE 11.3 and KDF -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c4 Sven Zallmann <sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.d | |e --- Comment #4 from Sven Zallmann <sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.de> 2010-09-01 12:08:37 UTC --- Still applies for KDE 4.5.1 (kdm-4.5.1-494.1) from KDF. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c5 Su Gnu <suncorp@inbox.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |suncorp@inbox.ru --- Comment #5 from Su Gnu <suncorp@inbox.ru> 2010-10-06 06:07:28 UTC --- Under opensuse 11.3 now (updated kde from 4.5.1) - same bug )= Установка: kdm-4.5.2-503.2 [готово] Дополнительный вывод rpm: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c6 vir triumphalis 23768741896345550770650537601358309 <triumf@fornow.eu> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.d | |e OS/Version|openSUSE 11.2 |openSUSE 11.3 --- Comment #6 from vir triumphalis 23768741896345550770650537601358309 <triumf@fornow.eu> 2010-11-03 17:29:47 UTC --- introduced here: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1097269 by SVN commit 1097269 by ossi: make it possible to run greeter as non-root genkdmconf will try to set it up, but currently it knows how to do it only on debian-alikes (which have the adduser command). +Description: + The user the greeter should run as. Empty results in <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. + Consider the impact on <option>LogSource</option> when setting it. # 2010-11-03 18:17:58 kdm-4.5.3-506.2.i586.rpm installed ok # Additional rpm output: # Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm # Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c7 Gerald Pfeifer <gp@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW CC| |gp@novell.com InfoProvider|sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.d | |e | --- Comment #7 from Gerald Pfeifer <gp@novell.com> 2010-11-10 21:55:34 CET --- Seen in a factory update today: Installing: kdm-4.5.3-1.1 [done] Additional rpm output: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c8 dev001x _ <pgngw+dev001+novell.com@f-m.fm> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pgngw+dev001+novell.com@f-m | |.fm Platform|i686 |All --- Comment #8 from dev001x _ <pgngw+dev001+novell.com@f-m.fm> 2011-02-08 16:36:30 UTC --- verified/still around, @ .. Installing: kdm-4.6.0-577.3 [done] Additional rpm output: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) Retrieving package kdebase4-openSUSE-11.3-13.6.x86_64 (97/102), 79.0 KiB (120.0 KiB unpacked) .. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c9 Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ingham@i-pi.com --- Comment #9 from Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com> 2011-05-02 20:19:23 UTC --- Still around in a tumbleweed update today (2011-05-02) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c10 Robert Crawford <crawdad@powerclam.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |crawdad@powerclam.com --- Comment #10 from Robert Crawford <crawdad@powerclam.com> 2011-05-02 21:59:39 UTC --- This is occurring to me in 11.4 -> tumbleweed and prewvents me from logging in. My only recourse is to login failsafe and use yast2 to downgrade kde. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c11 --- Comment #11 from Sven Zallmann <sven.zallmann@rwth-aachen.de> 2011-05-19 08:11:26 UTC --- Still applies for kdm 4.6.3-1.2 x86_64 in openSUSE 11.4, Tumbleweed pkg sources. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c12 Joe A. <joe-suse@7val.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |joe-suse@7val.de --- Comment #12 from Joe A. <joe-suse@7val.de> 2011-05-19 08:53:32 UTC --- Glimpsing at the code in http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf.c?view=markup&pathrev=1097269 I suppose user and group for the greeter can be created as follows on openSUSE (and maybe other non-Debian systems): # groupadd kdm # useradd --system -d /var -g kdm kdm After I had moved /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc out of the way and called genkdmconf again, the warning was gone (openSUSE 11.4, KDE 4.6.3). So I guess the greeter now no longer runs as root but as user kdm, doesn't it?Haven't checked it yet. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c13 revealed revealed <revealed@freakmail.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |revealed@freakmail.de --- Comment #13 from revealed revealed <revealed@freakmail.de> 2011-06-15 11:45:57 UTC --- Hello! On my SuSE 11.4 with the same Warning on distupgrade i performed Joe A.'s steps when i read the warning before a reboot. So i dont actually know if this would have had any impacts: After reboot with the gone warning: ps aux | egrep "USER|kdm" USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 3699 0.0 0.0 4136 688 ? Ss 13:32 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm disk 5255 0.0 0.0 3480 780 pts/3 S+ 13:41 0:00 egrep USER|kdm This means to me, KDM still running as root? Would be good to know if creating the group and user is necessary. And if anyone could provide something like the proper magic words to create the user and group. Many thanks. Greetings, R -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c14 Alexander Mityunin <avm-xandry@yandex.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |avm-xandry@yandex.ru --- Comment #14 from Alexander Mityunin <avm-xandry@yandex.ru> 2011-06-22 07:31:45 UTC --- I have this bug on openSUSE Edu l-i-f-e 11.4. # rpm -q kdm kdm-4.6.0-10.15.1.i586 After # groupadd kdm # useradd --system -d /var -g kdm kdm and genkdmconf new config, nothing changed: # zypper in -f kdm Загрузка данных о репозиториях... Чтение установленных пакетов... Принудительная установка 'kdm-4.6.0-10.15.1.i586' из репозитория 'openSUSE-11.4-Oss'. Разрешение зависимостей пакетов... Будет переустановлен следующий пакет: kdm 1 пакет для переустановки. Полный размер загрузки: 1,9 MiB. Эта операция никак не отразится на используемом дисковом пространстве. Продолжить? [y/n/?] (y): Получение пакет kdm-4.6.0-10.15.1.i586 (1/1), 1,9 MiB (3,1 MiB после распаковки) Получение: kdm-4.6.0-10.15.1.i586.rpm [готово (68,4 KiB/s)] Установка: kdm-4.6.0-10.15.1 [готово] Дополнительный вывод rpm: Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c15 Grzegorz Listwan <glistwan@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |glistwan@gmail.com --- Comment #15 from Grzegorz Listwan <glistwan@gmail.com> 2011-07-11 17:13:52 UTC --- I have this bug on openSUSE 11.4 with KDE 4.6.4 from the stable repository : Instalowanie: kdm-4.6.5-10.2 [gotowe] Dodatkowe wyjście rpm: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm Information: reading pre-existing kdmrc /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc (config version 2.4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c16 Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |suse-beta@cboltz.de Component|KDE4 Workspace |KDE4 Workspace Version|Final |Factory Product|openSUSE 11.3 |openSUSE 12.1 --- Comment #16 from Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> 2011-10-03 19:33:18 CEST --- This bug still exists in 12.1 Factory from today (slightly newer than beta1) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c17 --- Comment #17 from revealed revealed <revealed@freakmail.de> 2011-10-03 19:46:25 UTC --- Hello! Some time has passed. Before i wrote, that i tryed the workaround in comment 12. In the meantime i upgraded to SuSE 11.4 x86_64. I added KDE repos for kde 4.7 and so on. Now i ran into problems with: kdm-branding-openSUSE-11.4-3.2.x86_64 kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.7.1-5.3.x86_64 kdm-4.7.1-5.3.x86_64 Everytime i execute genkdmrc this var gets set in the shown way: GreeterUID=kdm This leads to that my kdm cant start. It throws the following error in kdm.log: kdmgreet: cannot connect to X server :0 I guess this could consist of: - I dont know if SuSE "pam" is compiled with KDE support - It could be related to missing Xauth file structure like it might exist on different distros? - The lines, that i read in comment 6 that SuSE is different to other distros. So the Solution for me is: I had to remove the User and Group "kdm" from comment 12. After i did that, i ran genkdmrc twice. Now genkdmrc throws this Warning again: Warning: Do not know how to create missing GreeterUID user kdm But! Luckily this value in kdmrc itselves gets set in this way: #GreeterUID=kdm The scriptlet quotes it out. So kdm will start as root (by default). And it is back up and running again. Many thanks for your Help! Greetings, R -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c18 Björn Voigt <bjoernv@arcor.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bjoernv@arcor.de --- Comment #18 from Björn Voigt <bjoernv@arcor.de> 2011-12-05 17:58:29 UTC --- The postinstall script of the current KDM package kdm-4.7.3-9.4 still creates the option "GreeterUID=kdm". In /var/log/messages the following entry can be found: Dec 4 23:37:24 mybox kdm: :0[10659]: no user like 'kdm' Dec 4 23:37:24 mybox kdm: :0[10656]: Cannot execute "/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kdm_greet" (greeter for display :0) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c Erwin Van de Velde <erwin.vandevelde@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OS/Version|openSUSE 11.3 |openSUSE 12.1 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c19 Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jschrod@acm.org --- Comment #19 from Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> 2012-12-07 10:22:31 UTC --- This bug still exists in openSUSE 12.2. Also in KDE Release 4.9, where I upgraded to today. I don't know if I'm allowed to update Product and Platform, or if that's the task of the bug owner, so I let them on 12.1 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c20 Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|KDE4 Workspace |KDE4 Workspace Version|Factory |Final Product|openSUSE 12.1 |openSUSE 12.2 OS/Version|openSUSE 12.1 |openSUSE 11.2 --- Comment #20 from Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de> 2012-12-07 13:42:30 CET --- (In reply to comment #19)
This bug still exists in openSUSE 12.2. Also in KDE Release 4.9, where I upgraded to today.
I don't know if I'm allowed to update Product and Platform, or if that's the task of the bug owner, so I let them on 12.1
Yes, you are allowed to update the Product. When doing it, just add a comment like "initally reported for openSUSE 11.2, still reproducable in 12.2 - updating Product..." (and yes, this bug was really reported initially against 11.2 :-/ ) The Platform field isn't too relevant - IMHO it's good style to keep it on the version where the bug was first reported. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c21 Lorenz H <carthexis@yahoo.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |carthexis@yahoo.de --- Comment #21 from Lorenz H <carthexis@yahoo.de> 2013-02-06 20:36:12 UTC --- This is also present in Tumbleweed, where you can enjoy this bug since a few YEARS every time kdm gets upgraded :( The short-term solution is to comment the line GreeterUID in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc, as mentioned in comment 17. PLEASE, fix this. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c22 --- Comment #22 from Lorenz H <carthexis@yahoo.de> 2013-02-14 20:49:45 UTC --- Happened again after last online update yesterday (Tumbleweed). -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c23 Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@rogers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |anton.aylward@rogers.com --- Comment #23 from Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@rogers.com> 2013-03-24 15:22:56 UTC --- This exists in 12.3 as well -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625765#c24 Christian Trippe <ctrippe@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #24 from Christian Trippe <ctrippe@opensuse.org> 2014-05-02 06:21:19 UTC --- This is fixed for openSUSE 13.1. -- 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.
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