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I have been using network-config-users, but now when I try to use it, the graphical window appears for a second and then disappears. The following message is also displayed once the window disappears:
$ redhat-config-users
/usr/share/redhat-config-users/userWindow.py:73: DeprecationWarning: use GtkListStore/GtkTreeView
self.loginShellCombo.list.select_item(self.shells.index(default))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-users/redhat-config-users.py", line 36, in ?
mainWindow.mainWindow()
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-users/mainWindow.py", line 229, in __init__
self.refresh()
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-users/mainWindow.py", line 394, in refresh
self.refresh_users()
File "/usr/share/redhat-config-users/mainWindow.py", line 303, in refresh_users
gidNumber = userEnt.get(libuser.GIDNUMBER)[0]
IndexError: list index out of range
Network-config-users is the graphical tool for user/group administration in gnome.
Can anyone help with this? TIA
it seems to be trying to find information on a group of users that maybe doesn't exist. hmm, have you been missing around with any groups recently? check there's nothing bizarre in /etc/group. you could always try to shoot the error by going into that python script file and inserting a simple print statement there to print the group numbers that are causing the problem. that's given that my assumption is write there of course.
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