Missing path in init command prevents Desktop session

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/99upstart

contains the line

    STARTUP="init --user"

which can prevent the user from logging in.

Usually, and conforming to Unix standards, /sbin and /usr/sbin contain system related programs to be used by root. non-root users usually do and can not use programs found here, and therefore should not have /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin in their PATH variable.

But if they have a PATH variable without /sbin (which is perfectly correct for non-root users), the STARTUP value defined above will not work, since the should does not find init.

Therefore, and to be independent from PATH variables, this should be /sbin/init instead of init.

regards

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Aug 8 19:31:32 2014
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (111 days ago)
UpstartBugCategory: Session
UpstartRunningSessionCount: 2
UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
upstart.logrotate.log: /proc/self/fd/9: 27: /proc/self/fd/9: logrotate: not found

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

BTW, if that problem occurs, the session immediately aborts right after logging in.