Public bug reported: accountsservice doesn't honour the UID_MAX settings in /etc/login.defs, resulting in system users being displayed at the login screen and in the users control panel.
See attached screenshot to see that the "libvirt-qemu" user is being displayed when it shouldn't. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: accountsservice 0.6.45-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed May 16 11:03:09 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-12 (155 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: accountsservice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-09 (7 days ago) ** Affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ** Attachment added: "screenshot of issue" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771603/+attachment/5140372/+files/Screenshot%20from%202018-05-16%2011-05-30.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771603 Title: Does not honour UID_MAX Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: accountsservice doesn't honour the UID_MAX settings in /etc/login.defs, resulting in system users being displayed at the login screen and in the users control panel. See attached screenshot to see that the "libvirt-qemu" user is being displayed when it shouldn't. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: accountsservice 0.6.45-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed May 16 11:03:09 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-12 (155 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: accountsservice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-09 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1771603/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp