<SOLVED> Modifying Users and Groups

[Andy-A]

I was just going to modify some permissions for the others in the family, and the 'Users and Groups' app doesn't open.
Tried from Control Centre and from Administration menu, click 'Users and Groups' & nothing happens?
Same problem on both PC and laptop (both LMDE2 64 bit with MATE 1.16).

Has anyone else had this problem?

[kc1di]

Hi don't use lmde here so can't comment on why the usr&group is not working but you can always change permissions and ownership
with the terminal.

Commands are

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chmod 

&

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chown

Here are a couple of pages that will help :
http://www.computerhope.com/unix/uchmod.htm

http://www.linfo.org/chown.html
Good Luck

[Andy-A]

The settings I wanted to change relate to whether USB devices mount automatically for the user.
I don't think this can be done in the terminal, it's probably in a small text file somewhere.

[Andy-A]

If I try to run

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mate-users-admin

(which is the command called by the menu item 'Users and Groups'), in a terminal I get

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(mate-users-admin:2894): Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported
Trace/breakpoint trap

[kc1di]

I would file a bug report to the Mate People on that one. I know they are trying to integrate Gtk2 & Gtk3 -- maybe this is a bug in the process.

Here is a page that may be helpful in your quest.
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/213

good luck

[Galen10]

I would file a bug report to the Mate People on that one. I know they are trying to integrate Gtk2 & Gtk3 -- maybe this is a bug in the process.

Here is a page that may be helpful in your quest.
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/213

good luck

I've just been investigating the same error and having worked out it was a Mate cockup I tried to let them know, but all their forum topics are locked. I guess we'll just have to wait until they fix it - unless there is a way to revert to a working version..

Regards,

Bob

[kc1di]

You can file a bug with Ubuntu mate -and let them file it up stream if needed.
you can do so here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate

[Galen10]

You can file a bug with Ubuntu mate -and let them file it up stream if needed.
you can do so here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate

I'm not sure that's appropriate as I'm using Mint Debian - but by reporting it here, I was hoping LMDE might take it upstream. I've since found exactly the same error with mate-shares-admin-pkexec and one with mintback which appears similar (it concerns Gtk, anyway) so it may be that the Mint devs are involved too?

Regards,

Bob

[kc1di]

Hi Bob of course your right-- you should both report it as a bug on the mint - bug tracker here.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint

That may spur it on. Most of the Mint Dev do not have time to read the forums but only occasionally.
In any event keep digging you may find the source of the problem and be able to offer a solution or work around.

[Andy-A]

kc1di - I have added the Users and Groups issue to the bug tracker link you provided (not sure if it's the right place though...).

Bob, maybe you could add to it the similar issues.
#1642616 Users and Groups settings will not launch

[Galen10]

kc1di - I have added the Users and Groups issue to the bug tracker link you provided (not sure if it's the right place though...).

Bob, maybe you could add to it the similar issues.
#1642616 Users and Groups settings will not launch

I've added to it.

Regards,

Bob

[kc1di]

Bob- Thank You

[Galen10]

I was just going to modify some permissions for the others in the family, and the 'Users and Groups' app doesn't open.
Tried from Control Centre and from Administration menu, click 'Users and Groups' & nothing happens?
Same problem on both PC and laptop (both LMDE2 64 bit with MATE 1.16).

Has anyone else had this problem?

Andy, I've found a way round it for now - on LMDE Betsy anyway. I installed gnome-system-tools, and it gave me duplicate options for all the bits that don't work. Rather than remove the Mate equivalent and risk damaging something else, I just used the main menu editor to hide all the Mate versions and show all the gnome ones.

Regards,

Bob

[ciaobello]

Thx bob, your workaround helps!

Pity that our loving LMDE not gets the same attention as other versions.

BTW, with the live ISO (8.0) everything is still fine ... (i use debian version 8.6 (cat /etc/debian_version))

[Monsta]

The downside of having a distro with periodic updates in the same repo... well, mate-system-tools was discontinued after MATE 1.8 (did you notice that package version is 1.8.1?), but it wasn't removed from LMDE repos. I'll ask Clem to remove it.

[Ramses16]

Pity that our loving LMDE not gets the same attention as other versions.

I recently faced the same issue and am happy having found this workaround -thanks a lot.
If I understand the evidences in the bugtracker correctly the workaround is the final solution as mate-system-tools is discontinued and replaced by the gnome equivalent ?
Concerning the general process, will this issue then be treated at some point the same way by MintUpdate doing the necessary steps automated ?

In either case, frankly speaking I'm a bit concerned how an average user should find his/her way here and get this fixed. Personally I wouldn't regard an issue making half a dozen of system setting apps
inaccessible for weeks now without an update as a minor problem in a GUI driven system. Shouldn't sound harsh, I much appreciate LMDE and the work done on that, things like this make it much harder though to 'advertise' LMDE to the
Ubuntu-addicted.

[kevinthefixer]

In either case, frankly speaking I'm a bit concerned how an average user should find his/her way here and get this fixed. Personally I wouldn't regard an issue making half a dozen of system setting apps
inaccessible for weeks now without an update as a minor problem in a GUI driven system. Shouldn't sound harsh, I much appreciate LMDE and the work done on that, things like this make it much harder though to 'advertise' LMDE to the
Ubuntu-addicted.

This is why you shouldn't do that. LMDE is advertised as being aimed towards advanced users, not the "Ubuntu-addicted". For most people Linux Mint main edition (Ubuntu-based) is far more suitable.

[shabah]

Hi people,

[EDIT] After some time without dealing with users&groups, I faced the same problem again. What says my workaround with Gtk versions reinstallations was ephemeral. The gnome-system-tools as a replacement for mate-system-tools workaround seems fair enough as a solution...

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