Not all users show in the user list

Asked by PaulVizard

A lesser privileged user does not show up in the user list. Is there a specific group that a user needs to be in for them to show up? I am running this on Ubuntu 64 8.10

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said :
#1

Hi!
As an administrator, can you post the output of these commands:

id
cat /etc/passwd

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PaulVizard (paul-golborne) said :
#2

Nathan is the user that is missing.

This was done as Nathan (id)

uid=1000(nathan) gid=1000(nathan) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),21(fax),24(cdrom),26(tape),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),104(scanner),108(lpadmin),114(netdev),124(sambashare),1000(nathan)

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
syslog:x:101:102::/home/syslog:/bin/false
klog:x:102:103::/home/klog:/bin/false
hplip:x:103:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:104:112:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
gdm:x:105:113:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false
pulse:x:106:115:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
saned:x:107:118::/home/saned:/bin/false
messagebus:x:108:119::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
polkituser:x:109:120:PolicyKit,,,:/var/run/PolicyKit:/bin/false
avahi:x:110:121:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:111:122:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false
nathan:x:1000:1000:Nathan,,,:/home/nathan:/bin/bash
paul:x:1001:1001:Paul,,,,:/home/paul:/bin/bash
sshd:x:112:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
victoria:x:1002:1002:Victoria,,,:/home/victoria:/bin/bash

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said :
#3

Ah, the fix is committed about that:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/timekpr/+bug/286529
It's fixed in revision 204 in https://code.launchpad.net/~timekpr-maintainers/timekpr/trunk

Sorry for the trouble and please file any other bugs you may find. :)