FS#58426 - [gnome-control-center] Error message when I try to create a new administrator user account
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Arch Linux
Opened by Strangiato (Strangiato) - Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 12:42 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 13:42 GMT
Opened by Strangiato (Strangiato) - Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 12:42 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 13:42 GMT
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Description:
Additional info: * package version(s) gnome-control-center 3.28.1-1 * config and/or log files etc. Steps to reproduce: start gnome session open Gnome-shell menu (right corner on top) click your user name > account settings click "unlock" button and enter your password clck "add user" button on top click "administrator" button and type the new username click "Add" button on top I get an error message "Failed to add account running '/usr/sbin/useradd' failed: Child process exited with code 6" |
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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 13:42 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing: FS#58396
Wednesday, 02 May 2018, 13:42 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795640
Comment from dev Ondrej Holy
Error code 6 means that "specified group doesn't exist" per "man useradd". useradd is called by accountsservice. ADMIN_GROUP and EXTRA_ADMIN_GROUPS are used as -G parameter of useradd. The constants are defined on build time:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/tree/configure.ac#n39
So the accountsservice is probably built with some wrong parameters in Arch Linux, so best to discuss on Arch Linux support channels...