[Bug 1155167] Re: Upgrade from image prompts creating a new user

[Elfy]

In addition to the logs - a note.

When I upgraded with the image I got the name of the original user wrong
- so now I have /home/elfy that I can log into, the old home folder
/home/hob appears to be completely empty.

Good job I added the logs from the live session rather than boot.


elfy at elfy-VirtualBox:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for elfy:
root at elfy-VirtualBox:~# ls /home
elfy  hob
root at elfy-VirtualBox:~# cd /home/hob
root at elfy-VirtualBox:/home/hob# ls
root at elfy-VirtualBox:/home/hob# ls -al
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 3 elfy elfy 4096 Apr 14 19:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 14 19:29 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 elfy elfy  220 Apr 14 19:16 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 elfy elfy 3637 Apr 14 19:16 .bashrc
drwx------ 3 elfy elfy 4096 Apr 14 19:21 .cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 elfy elfy  675 Apr 14 19:16 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 elfy elfy 1601 Apr 14 19:16 .Xdefaults
-rw-r--r-- 1 elfy elfy   14 Apr 14 19:16 .xscreensaver
root at elfy-VirtualBox:/home/hob#

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Title:
  Upgrade from image prompts creating a new user

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When performing an upgrade from the "image" (boot up the ISO) to
  Xubuntu 13.04, the installer prompts to create a new user.

  Is this expected behaviour when performing an OS upgrade? Shouldn't
  the installer simply keep existing users?

  Entering the same username and password as what is currently on the
  system works.

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