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[Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The User object in liblightdm doesn't provide a method to get the user
ID. This means you have to use getpwnam to get this if you want it, even
though liblightdm already knows the value. It would be nice to have an
API to get this directly.

** Affects: lightdm
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: lightdm/1.10
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Fix Committed

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Fix Released

** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Also affects: lightdm
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: lightdm/1.10
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lightdm/1.10
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: lightdm
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: lightdm
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: lightdm/1.10
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: lightdm
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Changed in: lightdm/1.10
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Utopic)
   Importance: Medium => Wishlist

** Changed in: lightdm/1.10
    Milestone: None => 1.10.2

** Changed in: lightdm
    Milestone: None => 1.11.2

** Branch linked: lp:~cimi/lightdm/uid-bindings

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1370327

Title:
  Add API to get UID for users

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in Light Display Manager 1.10 series:
  Fix Committed
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in “lightdm” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The User object in liblightdm doesn't provide a method to get the user
  ID. This means you have to use getpwnam to get this if you want it,
  even though liblightdm already knows the value. It would be nice to
  have an API to get this directly.

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