[Bug 1518821] [NEW] Cannot setup a user account

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Public bug reported:

How to repeat:
I.  set up an ext4 by some other linux,e.g. Fedora, put your "home" into that, e.g. my name is Mike, then there is folder named "Mike" in the /home/ directory
2. install ubuntu, and say your name is "BuggyUbuntu", and set the "home" the mounting point to the one in step 1
3. There will be two directories in /home/, one is "Mike", the other is "BuggyUbuntu".
4. Add an administrator user named "Mike"
5. Change "BuggyUbuntu" from "administrator" to "standard" user
6. Log out
7. Now nice, you can never login to "Mike" because the permission problem
8. You can never change anything because you do not have any administrator, cannot even add any account
9. The only solution will be deleting Ubuntu

This is what happens in the first 10mins I was using Ubuntu. So
frustrating. Is the Ubuntu designed by idiots?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Nov 22 21:53:57 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-23 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade wily

** Description changed:

  How to repeat:
  I.  set up an ext4 by some other linux,e.g. Fedora, put your "home" into that, e.g. my name is Mike, then there is folder named "Mike" in the /home/ directory
  2. install ubuntu, and say your name is "BuggyUbuntu", and set the "home" the mounting point to the one in step 1
  3. There will be two directories in /home/, one is "Mike", the other is "BuggyUbuntu".
- 4. Add a administrator user named "Mike"
+ 4. Add an administrator user named "Mike"
  5. Change "BuggyUbuntu" from "administrator" to "standard" user
  6. Log out
  7. Now nice, you can never login to "Mike" because the permission problem
  8. You can never change anything because you do not have any administrator, cannot even add any account
  9. The only solution will be deleting Ubuntu
  
- 
- This is what happens in the first 10mins I was using Ubuntu. So frustrating. Are the OS programmed by idiots?
+ This is what happens in the first 10mins I was using Ubuntu. So
+ frustrating. Is the Ubuntu designed by idiots?
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Nov 22 21:53:57 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-23 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=en_US
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Cannot setup a user account

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  How to repeat:
  I.  set up an ext4 by some other linux,e.g. Fedora, put your "home" into that, e.g. my name is Mike, then there is folder named "Mike" in the /home/ directory
  2. install ubuntu, and say your name is "BuggyUbuntu", and set the "home" the mounting point to the one in step 1
  3. There will be two directories in /home/, one is "Mike", the other is "BuggyUbuntu".
  4. Add an administrator user named "Mike"
  5. Change "BuggyUbuntu" from "administrator" to "standard" user
  6. Log out
  7. Now nice, you can never login to "Mike" because the permission problem
  8. You can never change anything because you do not have any administrator, cannot even add any account
  9. The only solution will be deleting Ubuntu

  This is what happens in the first 10mins I was using Ubuntu. So
  frustrating. Is the Ubuntu designed by idiots?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Nov 22 21:53:57 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-23 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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