Bug 11231 - Install using Live CD uses odd Group ID
Summary: Install using Live CD uses odd Group ID
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Release (media or process) (show other bugs)
Version: 3
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Reported: 2013-09-14 21:25 CEST by Stephen Pettin
Modified: 2015-03-31 16:03 CEST (History)
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Description Stephen Pettin 2013-09-14 21:25:57 CEST
Description of problem:

When I installed Mga2 from the LiveCD, everything went fine. I've since upgraded to Mga3 online without much issues. But recently I've noticed when I create some files/folders, they are given a Group ID as Audio, while the majority of the files have Group ID of Live. It doesn't seem to cause any problems but I just think is strange to give some files, such as a PDF file, Group ID of Audio.

-rw-r--r--  1 saptech audio 35022 Aug  5 11:57 charter080413.pdf


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I'm currently running Mageia 3. I updated from Mga2 online.


How reproducible:

I assume it could be reproduced if someone install using the LiveCD.


Thanks.


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Comment 1 Stephen Pettin 2013-09-14 22:44:47 CEST
After talking to the wonderful people in IRC, thanks to David Hodgins, I was able to get it sorted out.

Below is a copy of the conversation I had with David Hodgins and how it solved the issue:


DavidWHodgins	saptech: As root, run userdrake. What does it show for the primary group for that username.
	saptech	hmmm, audio
	DavidWHodgins	I think it's a bug in userdrake. If you previously used it to select additional group(s), sometimes it changes the primary group, when it shouldn't.


DavidWHodgins	Double click on the user, select the Groups tab, and at the bottom, change it from audio to be the same as the username.
	saptech	Oddly, username is Saptech and it is not listed
	DavidWHodgins	I've seen it do it before, but it doesn't always happen. Haven't figured out what triggers it, so haven't reported it yet.
	DavidWHodgins	Make sure the saptech group is selected, then check the primary group again.
	saptech	majority of the files are under ID Live, and it show in userdrake but it's not checked
	saptech	username is Saptech and it is not listed.
	DavidWHodgins	The group live should have been renamed to saptech, during the first boot.
	

saptech	I'm not sure exactly when this happen because I installed mga2 and went through the alpha/beta and final ver to mga3 and recently noticed it
	DavidWHodgins	And the do "chown -Rc saptech:live /home/saptech"
	saptech	you want me to type it?
	DavidWHodgins	Run the chown command as root, to fix the group for the files that were created since the primary group got changed.

saptech	I guess I need to reboot or logout? the command ran and seem to have made changes
	DavidWHodgins	logout/it


DavidWHodgins, it turned the group id from audio to live. Some reason, saptech user name is not listed as a group id
	saptech	if I create new users, it does include the new user name
	DavidWHodgins	Now, as root, run "groupmod -n saptech live"
	saptech	I ran it
	saptech	yep, that changed it from live to saptech
	DavidWHodgins	I think that's what should have happened in draklive-finish-install.


I hope it was okay to paste the IRC conversation, show how it solved this issue.

Thnx.
Manuel Hiebel 2013-09-18 11:53:40 CEST

Component: BuildSystem => Release (media or process)
Version: unspecified => 3
Product: Infrastructure => Mageia

Manuel Hiebel 2013-09-18 11:54:19 CEST

Assignee: sysadmin-bugs => tmb

Comment 2 Stephen Pettin 2014-07-15 07:21:12 CEST
After installing from Mageia 4 livecd, sometime in 2013 that my main user ID showing "saptech  live".

As mention above, this command fixed it: "groupmod -n saptech live"

I recently noticed it again and changed it today.

"DavidWHodgins	I think that's what should have happened in draklive-finish-install."

Thnx.
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2015-03-31 16:03:03 CEST
Mageia 3 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status 4 months ago.
http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/11/26/lets-say-goodbye-to-mageia-3/ 

Mageia 3 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia
and reopen this bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD


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