[Bug 338923] [NEW] Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 999999

[Christian A. Reiter]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: systemsettings

Using KDE 4.2.1, (bit since KDE3 I think?)
go to the KDE systemsettings ->Login Manager ->Users
You can specify which users are shown, and which not: which are "system users" and which not.
defaults are "below 1000" and "above 29999".

That's a problem, because 29999 is the maximum that this KDE systemsettings module allows:
e.g. group-e (http://www.group-e.info), a Groupware Suite which we have running here, creates users with UIDs beginning with 3000001.

See the problem?
I can't tell KDM to show all users from 3000000 to e.g. 3999999 - because this module prevents this.
So I can't use KDE for showing all these LDAP users in KDM.

The highest possible group in Linux is 2147483647.

** Affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 999999
+ Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 299999

** Summary changed:

- Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 299999
+ Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 999999

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Login Manager doesn't allow UIDs above 999999
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338923
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