[Bug 1979243] [NEW] Upgrade deletes user name

[Rod Grasso]

Public bug reported:

Description:	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release:	22.04

I have a user account called rod
I created it from a root terminal with adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod 
When I upgraded from 20 to 21 the user was deleted
The /home/rod files were intact.
To recover the user I had to delete rod from /etc/group
adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod
When I upgraded from 21 to 22 the account was deleted
The /home/rod files were intact.
To recover the user I had to delete rod from /etc/group
adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod

There is no justification for an upgrade to delete a user.

The purpose of "usermod -u 49 rod" is so that user rod does not show on
the login screen.

I suspect this is the reasoning behind removing the user.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-39.42-generic 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jun 21 04:30:29 2022
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-06-17 (2 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy third-party-packages

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Title:
  Upgrade deletes user name

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

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  Release:	22.04

  I have a user account called rod
  I created it from a root terminal with adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod 
  When I upgraded from 20 to 21 the user was deleted
  The /home/rod files were intact.
  To recover the user I had to delete rod from /etc/group
  adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod
  When I upgraded from 21 to 22 the account was deleted
  The /home/rod files were intact.
  To recover the user I had to delete rod from /etc/group
  adduser rod && usermod -u 49 rod

  There is no justification for an upgrade to delete a user.

  The purpose of "usermod -u 49 rod" is so that user rod does not show
  on the login screen.

  I suspect this is the reasoning behind removing the user.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-39.42-generic 5.15.35
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-39-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Jun 21 04:30:29 2022
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-06-17 (2 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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