Bug#287725: Wrong variable name in /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample

xtor xtor <423978@unizar.es>, 287725@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:08:11 +0100


Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.4-1
Severity: minor


/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample refers to non existant variable
$LOGIN. Right variable name is $LOGNAME.

Using $LOGIN environment variable in PostLogin script could lead to unpredictable results.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to es_ES@euro)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.59            Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                  1.4.41          Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                     1.10.25         Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  fluxbox [x-window-manage 0.9.9-1         Highly configurable and low resour
ii  gksu                     1.2.2-1         graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session            2.8.1-4         The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-termin 2.8.0-2         The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                 2.4.18-1        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudiofile0            0.2.6-5         Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0               1.0.2-2         high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcroco3                0.6.0-2         a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libesd0                  0.2.35-2        Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11              1.2.0-11        LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.1-1       Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.4.8-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0        0.4.0-2         GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-6         The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11              1.0.16-13       GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0            1.0-1           library for common error values an
ii  libgsf-1                 1.11.1-1        Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                6b-9            The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules           0.76-22         Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime           0.76-22         Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                 0.76-22         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2               2.8.1-2         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1              1.18-3          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2               0.2.10-4        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwrap0                 7.6.dbs-6       Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-manag 1:2.8.6-1       A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  multi-gnome-terminal [x- 1.6.2-10        Enhanced the GNOME Terminal
ii  twm [x-window-manager]   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Tab window manager
ii  xbase-clients            4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4       compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm