User is disabled after Initial Setup

[danirabbit]

What Happened?

On first boot, the initial admin user account shows as "disabled" until you restart

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install elementary OS 8.1
2. Create a user during initial setup
3. See that your user account is disabled
4. Reboot
5. Account is now able to be logged into

Expected Behavior

Should be able to log in right away

OS Version

8.x (Circe)

OS Architecture

amd64 (on most hardwares)

Session Type

Classic Session (X11)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

Log Output

Hardware Info

No response

[ryonakano]

Sharing a journal log when reproduced. I took this by adding a serial console to my VM and logging into the user just created using Initial Setup from TTY.

Dec 24 12:09:24 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd systemd-hostnamed[655]: Changed pretty hostname to 'QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd'
Dec 24 12:09:24 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[581]: request by system-bus-name::1.52 [/usr/bin/io.elementary.initial-setup pid:1186 uid:109]: create user 'user'
Dec 24 12:09:24 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Adding user `user' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Selecting UID/GID from range 1000 to 59999 ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Adding new group `user' (1000) ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd groupadd[1236]: group added to /etc/group: name=user, GID=1000
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd groupadd[1236]: group added to /etc/gshadow: name=user
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd groupadd[1236]: new group: name=user, GID=1000
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Adding new user `user' (1000) with group `user (1000)' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd useradd[1243]: new user: name=user, UID=1000, GID=1000, home=/home/user, shell=/bin/bash, from=none
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Creating home directory `/home/user' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd chfn[1256]: changed user 'user' information
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Adding new user `user' to supplemental / extra groups `users' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1232]: Adding user `user' to group `users' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd gpasswd[1264]: members of group users set by root to user
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1270]: info: Adding user `user' to group `sudo' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1270]: Adding user `user' to group `sudo' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1272]: add 'user' to group 'sudo'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1272]: add 'user' to shadow group 'sudo'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1279]: info: Adding user `user' to group `adm' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1279]: Adding user `user' to group `adm' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1281]: add 'user' to group 'adm'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1281]: add 'user' to shadow group 'adm'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1288]: info: Adding user `user' to group `cdrom' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1288]: Adding user `user' to group `cdrom' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1290]: add 'user' to group 'cdrom'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1290]: add 'user' to shadow group 'cdrom'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1297]: info: Adding user `user' to group `dip' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1297]: Adding user `user' to group `dip' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1299]: add 'user' to group 'dip'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1299]: add 'user' to shadow group 'dip'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1306]: info: Adding user `user' to group `lpadmin' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1306]: Adding user `user' to group `lpadmin' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1308]: add 'user' to group 'lpadmin'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1308]: add 'user' to shadow group 'lpadmin'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1315]: info: Adding user `user' to group `plugdev' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1315]: Adding user `user' to group `plugdev' ...
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1317]: add 'user' to group 'plugdev'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd usermod[1317]: add 'user' to shadow group 'plugdev'
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[581]: Extra admin group sambashare doesn’t exist: not adding the user to it
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[581]: Extra admin group libvirtd doesn’t exist: not adding the user to it
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[1324]: info: The user `user' is already a member of `users'.
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd adduser[1324]: The user `user' is already a member of `users'.
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd accounts-daemon[581]: request by system-bus-name::1.52 [/usr/bin/io.elementary.initial-setup pid:1186 uid:109]: set password and hint of user 'user' (1000)
Dec 24 12:09:25 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd lightdm[1401]: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "user"
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd dbus-daemon[585]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd rtkit-daemon[878]: Supervising 7 threads of 4 processes of 1 users.
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd rtkit-daemon[878]: Supervising 7 threads of 4 processes of 1 users.
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd rtkit-daemon[878]: Supervising 7 threads of 4 processes of 1 users.
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: No skeleton to export
Dec 24 12:09:30 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser as a last-resort fallback
Dec 24 12:09:33 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd systemd-timesyncd[415]: Contacted time server 185.125.190.57:123 (ntp.ubuntu.com).
Dec 24 12:09:33 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd systemd-timesyncd[415]: Initial clock synchronization to Wed 2025-12-24 12:09:33.243876 UTC.
Dec 24 12:09:54 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Dec 24 12:09:55 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: Failed to create file chooser proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk: Timeout was reached
Dec 24 12:09:55 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: No skeleton to export
Dec 24 12:09:55 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser as a last-resort fallback
Dec 24 12:10:06 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd geoclue[1042]: Service not used for 60 seconds. Shutting down..
Dec 24 12:10:06 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd systemd[1]: geoclue.service: Deactivated successfully.
Dec 24 12:10:20 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: Failed to create app chooser proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk: Timeout was reached
Dec 24 12:10:20 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: No skeleton to export
Dec 24 12:10:20 QEMU-Virtual-Machine-c0b082fd xdg-desktop-por[1093]: Choosing gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print as a last-resort fallback