40201 – mirrorselect refuses to run if your first UID=0 user isn't named root

Bug 40201 - mirrorselect refuses to run if your first UID=0 user isn't named root

Summary: mirrorselect refuses to run if your first UID=0 user isn't named root

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	John Mylchreest (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-02-02 10:55 UTC by Rafael C. Gawenda
Modified:	2004-02-02 13:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Rafael C. Gawenda 2004-02-02 10:55:43 UTC

I run under a UID/GID 0, named ais/ais, while keeping root under this entry, with login disabled. mirrorselect wants your loginname to be root, instead of what it *really* requires, that is, your UID = 0


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a user and group with ID/GID of 0, before any onther lines in 
2./etc/passwd,group,shadow, asign a password, login with this account
3.(Take care, you're real root), run mirrorselect

Actual Results:  
It just gave me an ancient and classic error message.

Expected Results:  
Do the correct check, and continue

Comment 1 John Mylchreest (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-02 13:14:49 UTC

resolved in 0.82-r3.
this has been added to the tree and distfile mirrors.
it should be available within the next 30 minutes.

Comment 2 John Mylchreest (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-02 13:15:06 UTC

resolving