[Bug 1562872] [NEW] Welcome wizard does not successfully set name

[Michael Terry]

Public bug reported:

After going through the new wizard, the user's "RealName" setting is
still "Ubuntu" (the default).

This is because usermod (used by AccountsService in the background)
chokes on read-only /etc.  It needs to be modified to handle that
gracefully.

If you have a writable device image, you won't see this bug, which is
how it escaped into the wild.  :(

** Affects: shadow (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: shadow (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Welcome wizard does not successfully set name

Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After going through the new wizard, the user's "RealName" setting is
  still "Ubuntu" (the default).

  This is because usermod (used by AccountsService in the background)
  chokes on read-only /etc.  It needs to be modified to handle that
  gracefully.

  If you have a writable device image, you won't see this bug, which is
  how it escaped into the wild.  :(

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