For an LTS version (aimed more at corporate environments) this bug issue is ridiculous, especially if the machine is centrally authenticated through AD or NDS. It would result in a list of EVERY valid login for the company being displayed.
Personally I develop SOE's that include a Ubuntu Linux environment and already have a beta build working where I have avoided this issue using gnome (registry) key settings to avoid the problem but that is not an option to everyone, and I would not expect everyone to be able to look into gconf-editor to find the right key to remove it.
Oh and FYI to remove the user list and make it a mandatory setting (so it is always hidden) should be:
For an LTS version (aimed more at corporate environments) this bug issue is ridiculous, especially if the machine is centrally authenticated through AD or NDS. It would result in a list of EVERY valid login for the company being displayed.
Personally I develop SOE's that include a Ubuntu Linux environment and already have a beta build working where I have avoided this issue using gnome (registry) key settings to avoid the problem but that is not an option to everyone, and I would not expect everyone to be able to look into gconf-editor to find the right key to remove it.
Oh and FYI to remove the user list and make it a mandatory setting (so it is always hidden) should be:
sudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconftool --direct --config-source xml:readwrite: /etc/gconf/ gconf.xml. mandatory --type boolean --set /apps/gdm/ simple- greeter/ disable_ user_list true