[Bug 13926] New: gnome-panel crashes on unknown gid

[bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.ubuntu.com]

Please do not reply to this email.  You can add comments at
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13926
Ubuntu | gnome-panel

           Summary: gnome-panel crashes on unknown gid
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gnome-panel
        AssignedTo: seb128 at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: tcwitte at cs.uu.nl
         QAContact: desktop-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


In /etc/passwd I had a line starting with "taco:x:1000:1000:" while gid 1000
wasn't specified in /etc/group. Because of this, files in my homedir had gid
1000 which couldn't be translated to a name. I'm not sure how long I had this
configuration, but the newest gnome-panel from breezy (newest as of today,
august 21st) crashes on it with the following error:

  id: cannot find name for group ID 1000

With the same situation I was able to run programs like Nautilus,
gnome-terminal, epiphany etc. Changing the line in /etc/passwd to
"taco:x:1000:100" (etc) and chgrp'ing files to the new group (users) solved the
problem.

-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.