55123 - account setup wizard reads unix userinfo incorrectly

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 39895

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Dan Rosen]

the account setup wizard attempts to guess your name (presumably from
/etc/passwd), but it guesses incorrectly if you have extended information such
as phone numbers stored in userinfo.

i'll use expected vs. actual behavior as an example:
expected: Dan Rosen
actual: Dan Rosen,,[my work phone],[my home phone]

what probably needs to happen is that the wizard simply needs to learn how to
read /etc/passwd correctly for guesses.

Comment 1

[Dan Rosen]

mmm, keywords. nominating rtm on basis of a presumably easy fix and necessity
for polish (users get scared when they find out you're reading their password
file, even for innocent purposes ;).

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 39895 ***

Comment 3

[Scott Brodmerkle]

Verified dupe.