I have confirmed that this (particular) bug is unique to Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives, as Debian's kerneloops packages does not make use of a special account.
Hence my proposed merge to fix this in Ubuntu's branch (and not upstream). ** Also affects: kerneloops (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459998 Title: davfs kernoops can't mount partition as user -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs