[Bug 11854] New: Kuser adds new user at UID 500 instead of at 1001

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           Summary: Kuser adds new user at UID 500 instead of at 1001
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: kubuntu
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: kubuntu-default-settings
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: chandra at ee.uwa.edu.au
         QAContact: kubuntu-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


Dear Folks,

The KDE developers have asked me to refer this to you.  See KDE Bug 107108.

For clarification, the default first user created by default during installation
of Kubuntu was 1000.  The second user, created with the Kuser interface had UID
500; whereas with the adduser command, the second user UID was 1001.  I think
the latter is correct.  The file /etc/adduser.conf should say it all.

The home page creation error was that the home page could not be created, even
though I was using sudo with Kuser.  It was created without fuss from the
command line with adduser.  I copy below the original bug report to KDE:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107108         
           Summary: New user is added at UID 500 instead of at 1001
           Product: kuser
           Version: 2.0
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: gyurco freemail hu
        ReportedBy: chandra ee uwa edu au


Version:           2.0 (using KDE 3.4.0, Debian Package 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3.2 (3.1))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.10-5-386

Kuser adds the next user (after the first user with UID 1000) as user with UID 500.

AFAIK, UIDs until 999 are for system use only.

Also, Kuser reported being unable to create the new user's home directory,
despite being invoked with sudo in Kubuntu.

On the whole Kuser was buggy and I used the CLI <adduser> command and everything
worked out perfectly.  The new user was added as user 1001.

Thank you.

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