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[Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

- Before upgrade to 16.04, I could select "change (or switch) user" from
- the indicator applet (on the top right of the screen in gnome-shell).
- Since 16.04, this option has vanished, only "close session" and "account
- parameters" are present.
+ Impact
+ ======
+ Ubuntu 16.04's accountsservice was built without systemd support because systemd dropped libsystemd-login because that functionality was merged into libsystemd.
+ 
+ At a minimum, this broke GNOME Shell's "Switch User" feature.
+ 
+ Test Case
+ =========
+ 1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.1, install the updated accountsservice packages.
+ 2. Because Ubuntu does not automatically restart accountsservice on upgrades like Debian does (maybe we should?), you'll need to run this command:
+ 
+ sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service
+ 
+ Or just restart your computer.
+ 
+ 3. Add a user if necessary to ensure you have at least 2 user accounts configured.
+ 4. Click the system status area in the top right of GNOME Shell.
+ 5. Click your user name. Extra options should appear including "Switch User"
+ 
+ Regression Potential
+ ====================
+ None.
+ This change was made in Debian's accountsservice 0.6.40-3 a year ago(!). The patch is upstreamed and was included in accountsservice 0.6.42 released in June.

** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Description changed:

  Impact
  ======
  Ubuntu 16.04's accountsservice was built without systemd support because systemd dropped libsystemd-login because that functionality was merged into libsystemd.
  
  At a minimum, this broke GNOME Shell's "Switch User" feature.
  
  Test Case
  =========
  1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.1, install the updated accountsservice packages.
  2. Because Ubuntu does not automatically restart accountsservice on upgrades like Debian does (maybe we should?), you'll need to run this command:
  
  sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service
  
  Or just restart your computer.
  
  3. Add a user if necessary to ensure you have at least 2 user accounts configured.
  4. Click the system status area in the top right of GNOME Shell.
  5. Click your user name. Extra options should appear including "Switch User"
  
  Regression Potential
  ====================
  None.
- This change was made in Debian's accountsservice 0.6.40-3 a year ago(!). The patch is upstreamed and was included in accountsservice 0.6.42 released in June.
+ The one-line change to accountsservice's configure check was made in Debian's accountsservice 0.6.40-3 a year ago(!). The patch is upstreamed and was included in accountsservice 0.6.42 released in June.

** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577049

Title:
  Switch user feature has disappeared from GNOME Shell since upgrade
  from 15.10 to 16.04

Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Fix Committed
Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in accountsservice source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Impact
  ======
  Ubuntu 16.04's accountsservice was built without systemd support because systemd dropped libsystemd-login because that functionality was merged into libsystemd.

  At a minimum, this broke GNOME Shell's "Switch User" feature.

  Test Case
  =========
  1. From Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.1, install the updated accountsservice packages.
  2. Because Ubuntu does not automatically restart accountsservice on upgrades like Debian does (maybe we should?), you'll need to run this command:

  sudo systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service

  Or just restart your computer.

  3. Add a user if necessary to ensure you have at least 2 user accounts configured.
  4. Click the system status area in the top right of GNOME Shell.
  5. Click your user name. Extra options should appear including "Switch User"

  Regression Potential
  ====================
  None.
  The one-line change to accountsservice's configure check was made in Debian's accountsservice 0.6.40-3 a year ago(!). The patch is upstreamed and was included in accountsservice 0.6.42 released in June.

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