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Missing enable/disable multiple logins for a single user settings in gdmsetup. No alternate method documented.

Bug #498435 reported by komputes on 2009-12-19

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdm (Ubuntu)	New	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

There is no graphical way to enable/disable multiple logins for a single user settings in gdmstup. This feature was lost with the introduction of the new gdmsetup in karmic.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 19 01:54:49 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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komputes (komputes) wrote on 2009-12-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-12-23:

why should that be a gdm option? gnome-session doesn't handle several logins

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Incomplete

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komputes (komputes) wrote on 2009-12-31:

Seb, I am simply stating that this was a gdm option in the previous release. One which was lost. I know most users will never use this. That being said, do we have a current workaround (such as editing a conf file) to allow multiple logins for a single user? If we do, we can close this bug and document the change.

I recommend having a default config file with commented instructions that a user can easily modify should they need this option enabled.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2010-01-04: Re: Missing enable/disable multiple logins for a single user settings in gdmsetup

Not sure if it's documented but if it's not it should, letting the bug open for that, we are not going to add the option to the gtk interface though which is made for standard users

summary:

- [karmic] Missing enable/disable multiple logins for a single user
- settings in gdmstup
+ Missing enable/disable multiple logins for a single user settings in
+ gdmsetup

komputes (komputes) on 2010-01-13

summary:

Missing enable/disable multiple logins for a single user settings in
- gdmsetup
+ gdmsetup. No alternate method documented.

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komputes (komputes) wrote on 2010-01-15:

I do not see any /etc/gdm/custom.conf option for "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" concerning multiple login from a single user listed here[1]. Has this option been removed entirely? Is there a limit of 1 or has the limit been removed?

[1] http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.28/configuration.html.en#daemonconfig