Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
System: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Package: gnome-system-tools 2.22.0
I use an alternate root user with login capabilities, created with "useradd -u
0 -o -g 0 -G 0 -m -s /bin/bash superuser", and i often login graphically with
him. I know this is not in the Ubuntu policy, but this can be done in every
Linux system so should be handled correctly. I made some experiments and saw
that if in the /etc/passwd my superuser comes before the root user, users-admin
doesn't recognize him as root. I found out that in users/users-settings.c
function is_user_root uses login = oobs_user_get_login_name (user) and strcmp
(login, "root") == 0. I think this should be corrected with something like uid
= oobs_user_get_uid(user) and uid == 0. Because any user with uid = 0 has root
privileges and should be treated as root whatever his name is. Thanks for your
attention. Best regards.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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in users-admin the name 'root' is checked instead of uid 0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255980
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