[Bug 805352] [NEW] Installer should prompt for and attempt to assume ownership of a reused /home

[Eric Appleman]

Public bug reported:

Current behavior is  to leave existing /home ownership as it is. I can't reuse a /home from another distro like Fedora without a chown to fix ownership.
--- 
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110702)
Package: ubiquity 2.7.10
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
Tags:  oneiric unity-2d
Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-collected oneiric unity-2d

** Tags added: apport-collected oneiric unity-2d

** Description changed:

- Current behavior is  to leave existing /home ownership as it is. I can't
- reuse a /home from another distro like Fedora without a chown to fix
- ownership.
+ Current behavior is  to leave existing /home ownership as it is. I can't reuse a /home from another distro like Fedora without a chown to fix ownership.
+ --- 
+ Architecture: i386
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110702)
+ Package: ubiquity 2.7.10
+ PackageArchitecture: i386
+ ProcEnviron:
+  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
+ Tags:  oneiric unity-2d
+ Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
+ UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ UserGroups:

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805352

Title:
  Installer should prompt for and attempt to assume ownership of a
  reused /home

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Current behavior is  to leave existing /home ownership as it is. I can't reuse a /home from another distro like Fedora without a chown to fix ownership.
  --- 
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110702)
  Package: ubiquity 2.7.10
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
  Tags:  oneiric unity-2d
  Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/805352/+subscriptions