Migrated accounts in Herd 5 installer don't get admin rights
Bug #89515 reported by
Gregory Dulin
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I installed Feisty herd 5 alongside Edgy. The account migration tool found my admin account on Edgy and I elected to import it into Feisty. The account seems to have migrated fine, except it is no longer in the admin group, and therefore cannot sudo anything.
ProblemType: Bug
Date: Sat Mar 3 10:51:03 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux the-laptop 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
| Changed in ubiquity: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
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If the account is set up as the default account, that is, it is the one selected on the User Setup page, it should add the user to the admin group. However, if it is not selected as the default account then it will not be added to the admin group.
This is by design and is mentioned in the specification (https:/
"We do not present the option to make one of the users an administrator as that is already covered in the UserSetup dialog for the first user."
I'm marking this as rejected. If you did make the admin account from Edgy the default user by selecting it at the User Setup page, feel free to reopen it.