FFE: Add user manager dbus interface to gdmserver
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
There are multiple services that access the list of users able to log in:
1. The GDM greeter
2. The GDM configuration applet
3. The user switch applet
This list can take some time to generate and has duplicated code in all of these services. Make this list collected once in the gdmserver and these services should access it via dbus+polkit.
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Feature Freeze exception request: This provides a new API to read user information from gdm (no modification of any data), and is requested by the DX team to get back some features which got dropped with the move of the old gdm/fusa to the new gdm/indicator-
At the moment, gdm itself does not need it, so the risk for breaking existing functionality is low.
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → In Progress |
summary: |
- Add login user dbus interface to gdmserver + Add user manager dbus interface to gdmserver |
summary: |
- Add user manager dbus interface to gdmserver + FFE: Add user manager dbus interface to gdmserver |
description: | updated |
Changed in gdm: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
status: | Unknown → Won't Fix |
This needs to get done asap so that Dx can complete:
Bug #422052 Menu should list users if fewer than 6 are on the system