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[Robert Euhus <1290785@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have attached the backported patch of the changes from the above
mentioned 0.6.37-1ubuntu4 and 0.6.37-1ubuntu5 to trusty's
0.6.35-0ubuntu5 accountsservice.

This needs to be put into the debian/patches/ directory and added to
debian/patches/series and debian/patches/ubuntu.series

I have successfully built and tested packages with this using pbuilder.

btw: I think the 2003-dont-use-max_uid-from-login.defs.patch should be
removed from the debian/patches/ directory in trusty, since it is not
used there.

@Robert: would You please build and upload an official package for
trusty?

** Patch added: "backport of MAX_UID and nobody patches to trusty"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1290785/+attachment/4144540/+files/2003-dont-use-max_uid-from-login.defs.patch

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Title:
  Users with UID > 60000 are invisible in login and Settings->User
  unless /etc/login.defs updated

Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “accountsservice” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Users of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with UID > 60000 will not show in the greeter or system settings without editing UID_MAX in /etc/login.defs. This was not required in 12.04 LTS. In 12.04 LTS users were only hidden if they had UID < UID_MIN. In 13.10 this was changed to UID < UID_MIN or UID > UID_MAX.

  [Test Case]
  1. Create a user with a UID > UID_MAX:
  $ adduser --uid 60001 big-uid
  2. Restart system
  Expected result:
  "big-uid" is shown in the greeter. Once logged in "big-uid" is shown in system settings.
  Observed result:
  "big-uid" is not shown in the greeter (14.04 LTS, 14.10)
  "big-uid" is not shown in system settings (13.10, 14.04LTS, 14.10)

  [Regression Potential]
  This could cause users that were previously hidden to be shown. This seems unlikely to be a problem as all system created user accounts are less than UID_MIN and there doesn't seem be a convention to use accounts > UID_MAX for this case.

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