Gnome 3 - Settings schema to disable login user list does not work simply

[Phil Wyett]

Ubuntu Gnome - 14.04 dev release - 20131225.

Gnome 3 - Settings schema to disable login user list does not work simply.

This is via setting it using the dconf editor under normal user conditions.

Also does not work via setting:

  disable-user-list=true

in

  /etc/gdm/greeter.settings

See: #3

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.8.4-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Dec 26 04:42:39 2013
DisplayManager: gdm
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131225)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Phil Wyett (aura-yoda)]

Same bug from quite recently.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1072838

[Phil Wyett (aura-yoda)]

Making sure you have the lines below uncommented - it does work.

  [org.gnome.login-screen]
  disable-user-list=true

This is very poor and does not follow K.I.S.S. If available to edit via the dconf editor it should work. If it requires sudo, the app should ask for password. A user or admin should not be required to dig around for information to perform this or similar tasks.

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

greeter.settings is not used anymore, it is really just there for documentation.

This needs to be set as an gsettings override in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/