Main user account gets UID 1001 #45

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opened 2026-09-26 07:29:07 +08:00 by Breadway · 2 comments

Breadway commented

2026-09-26 07:29:07 +08:00

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Problem

The live liveuser holds UID 1000 while Calamares creates the real account, so the real account becomes 1001 (see the post-install.sh comments, lines 34-40). That's cosmetic, but it breaks assumptions in some tools and shared-folder setups.

Fix

Give liveuser a UID outside the normal range (e.g. 999 or 60000+) in the live setup script, so Calamares creates the real user as 1000. Then simplify the MAIN_USER detection.

Acceptance

id -u for the installed user returns 1000.

Source: BOS v0.6.2 source review (tag dated 2026-09-19); line numbers refer to that tree. Read AGENTS.md first. One issue per branch/PR. Verify with a VM install. Add a CHANGELOG [Unreleased] entry.

## Problem The live `liveuser` holds UID 1000 while Calamares creates the real account, so the real account becomes 1001 (see the `post-install.sh` comments, lines 34-40). That's cosmetic, but it breaks assumptions in some tools and shared-folder setups. ## Fix Give `liveuser` a UID outside the normal range (e.g. 999 or 60000+) in the live setup script, so Calamares creates the real user as 1000. Then simplify the `MAIN_USER` detection. ## Acceptance `id -u` for the installed user returns 1000. --- Source: BOS v0.6.2 source review (tag dated 2026-09-19); line numbers refer to that tree. Read AGENTS.md first. One issue per branch/PR. Verify with a VM install. Add a CHANGELOG `[Unreleased]` entry.

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Breadway referenced this issue from a pull request that will close it,

2026-09-30 18:52:50 +08:00

Main user account gets UID 1001 #73

Breadway commented

2026-09-30 18:52:53 +08:00

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#73

Live setup assigns UID 60001, above Arch UID_MAX 60000, leaving 1000 available for the installed account. Post-install selects UID1000 directly. Shell syntax/diff checks pass. Headless installer acceptance and real user allocation checks remain outstanding and coordinated with acceptance worker; no host accounts or personal files changed.

https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bos/pulls/73 Live setup assigns UID 60001, above Arch UID_MAX 60000, leaving 1000 available for the installed account. Post-install selects UID1000 directly. Shell syntax/diff checks pass. Headless installer acceptance and real user allocation checks remain outstanding and coordinated with acceptance worker; no host accounts or personal files changed.

Breadway commented

2026-09-30 23:50:28 +08:00

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Independent source review PASS at 0b74fe66e2. Live setup assigns UID 60001 above Arch UID_MAX 60000 and post-install locates UID 1000 after deleting liveuser. Both modified shell scripts parse, changelog is present and diff check passes. No CI statuses are configured. Actual Calamares allocation and installed id -u still require the headless installer acceptance run; this review does not claim that check occurred. PR: #73

Independent source review PASS at 0b74fe66e2e32893c869f2aee88632d99ae91523. Live setup assigns UID 60001 above Arch UID_MAX 60000 and post-install locates UID 1000 after deleting liveuser. Both modified shell scripts parse, changelog is present and diff check passes. No CI statuses are configured. Actual Calamares allocation and installed id -u still require the headless installer acceptance run; this review does not claim that check occurred. PR: https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bos/pulls/73

Breadway closed this issue

2026-10-02 14:33:40 +08:00