[Bug 112101] [NEW] kde-guidance user management broken

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Binary package hint: kde-guidance

The kde-guidance user management module seems to be broken, it doesn't
start and when I open it from the command line, it outputs this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/userconfig", line 1713, in <module>
    userconfigapp = UserConfigApp()
  File "/usr/bin/userconfig", line 267, in __init__
    self.admincontext = unixauthdb.getContext(isroot)
  File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/unixauthdb.py", line 74, in getContext
    return PwdContext(editmode)
  File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/unixauthdb.py", line 727, in __init__
    for line in fhandle.readlines():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 626, in readlines
    return self.reader.readlines(sizehint)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 535, in readlines
    data = self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 424, in read
    newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1284: ordinal not in range(128)
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/apport_python_hook.py", line 44, in apport_excepthook
    binary = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwdu(), sys.argv[0]))
IndexError: list index out of range

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/userconfig", line 1713, in <module>
    userconfigapp = UserConfigApp()
  File "/usr/bin/userconfig", line 267, in __init__
    self.admincontext = unixauthdb.getContext(isroot)
  File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/unixauthdb.py", line 74, in getContext
    return PwdContext(editmode)
  File "/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/unixauthdb.py", line 727, in __init__
    for line in fhandle.readlines():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 626, in readlines
    return self.reader.readlines(sizehint)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 535, in readlines
    data = self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/codecs.py", line 424, in read
    newchars, decodedbytes = self.decode(data, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1284: ordinal not in range(128)


Versions are:
Qt: 3.3.7
KDE: 3.5.6
userconfig: 0.7.1

** Affects: userconfig (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Richard Johnson (nixternal)
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: kde-guidance-userconfig
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kde-guidance user management broken
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/112101
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