| 2016-05-14 18:59:01 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2016-05-14 18:59:25 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Xenial |
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| 2016-05-14 19:06:31 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~gunnarhj/lightdm/prefs.sh-fix_xenial |
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| 2016-05-14 19:06:05 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~gunnarhj/lightdm/prefs.sh-fix_yakkety |
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| 2016-05-17 04:50:46 |
Robert Ancell |
bug task added |
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lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial) |
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| 2016-05-17 04:51:01 |
Robert Ancell |
lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2016-05-17 04:51:07 |
Robert Ancell |
lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial): importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2016-05-17 04:51:09 |
Robert Ancell |
lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2016-05-17 10:09:29 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
description |
The Ask Ubuntu question <http://askubuntu.com/q/771080> called my attention to a regression in 16.04 as regards the possibilities for the system owner to configure the guest account. Up to 15.10 you can put e.g. this line in /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh:
adduser $USER somegroup
But if you try that in 16.04, the guest session won't launch. The explanation is that after the reorganization of the guest session code in 16.04, prefs.sh is sourced by /usr/share/lightdm/guest-session/setup.sh, which is not run as root.
The linked merge proposals restore the previous behavior by letting prefs.sh be sourced by /usr/sbin/guest-account again. |
[Impact] including [Test Case]
The Ask Ubuntu question <http://askubuntu.com/q/771080> called my attention to a regression in 16.04 as regards the possibilities for the system owner to configure the guest account. Up to 15.10 you can put e.g. this line in /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh:
adduser $USER somegroup
But if you try that in 16.04, the guest session won't launch. The explanation is that after the reorganization of the guest session code in 16.04, prefs.sh is sourced by /usr/share/lightdm/guest-session/setup.sh, which is not run as root.
The linked merge proposals restore the previous behavior by letting prefs.sh be sourced by /usr/sbin/guest-account again.
[Regression Potential]
Low. |
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| 2016-06-20 07:47:04 |
Launchpad Janitor |
lightdm (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2016-06-21 02:37:58 |
Robert Ancell |
lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2016-06-23 21:03:52 |
Brian Murray |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2016-06-23 21:03:58 |
Brian Murray |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2016-06-23 21:04:03 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
regression-release |
regression-release verification-needed |
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| 2016-06-23 22:42:58 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
tags |
regression-release verification-needed |
regression-release verification-done |
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| 2016-07-13 06:19:16 |
Launchpad Janitor |
lightdm (Ubuntu Xenial): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2016-07-13 06:19:40 |
Martin Pitt |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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