Comment 9 for bug 562509

This bug is not fixed in lucid, even with the latest gdm (2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.2). Gdm still touches all user directories, which means they all get mounted when /home is managed by automount. This is very annoying because as soon as one home directory is not available (because the NFS server is down, etc.), this bug makes it impossible for anyone to login across the whole set of computers.

The (remaining) cause of the problem is the update_icon_monitor() function in daemon/gdm-user.c. I disabled said function with the attached patch, and now gdm does not cause all home directories to become automounted, and people can still login even if someone else's home directory is not available. The patch may not do the right thing for users who care about the face browser, but it finally makes Lucid's gdm usable in deployments with NFS and/or automounted home directories, etc.

Please consider fixing this bug.