lightdm-session fails if user's .profile has non-posix sh init.
Bug #1097903 reported by
Alec Warner
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #678421: Error message for a faulty ~/.profile script.
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I don't actually mind the failure (its a feature!) The problem is that if the user's .profile has non-posix sh in it (causing /usr/sbin/
The user tries to login.
Lightdm tries to source their ~/.profile, and crashes if they have non-posix sh in them.
lightdm simply restarts and drops the user back at the login screen.
There is no reporting to the user what happened, so they can fix the problem.
What is worse, is that the failsafe session doesn't work either.
-A
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.