Bug#622723: gdm3: greeter.gconf-defaults disable_user_list ignored after package upgrade

Paul Kerry p.kerry at sheffield.ac.uk
Thu Apr 14 08:06:22 UTC 2011


Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-6squeeze2
Severity: normal

The gdm3 2.30.5-6squeeze2 package ignores the following line in
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults ...

/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list              true

unless this option was previously used with the earlier 2.30.5-6squeeze1
package.

A workaround is to stop gdm3, use the solution from "aptitude purge gdm3" to
downgrade the package to 2.30.5-6squeeze1 and then start gdm3 and now the
user_list is not displayed.

You can then use aptitude to upgrade back to 2.30.5-6squeeze2 and then
disable_user_list works correctly once again.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38.2-pk004-smp-squeeze-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  adduser               3.112+nmu2         add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1           Debian configuration management sy
ii  fvwm [x-window-manage 1:2.5.30.ds-1      F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii  gconf2                2.28.1-6           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-session [x-sess 2.30.2-3           The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-session-bin     2.30.2-3           The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii  gnome-terminal [x-ter 2.30.2-1           The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  kde-window-manager [x 4:4.4.5-7+squeeze1 the K window manager (KWin)
ii  konsole [x-terminal-e 4:4.4.5-2          X terminal emulator
ii  libart-2.0-2          2.3.21-1           Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0           1.30.0-1           The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1              1:2.4.44-2         Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit0             1.7.13-1+b2        Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libbonobo2-0          2.24.3-1           Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0        2.24.3-1           The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                 2.11.2-10          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2             1.8.10-6           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0      0.24-1             Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0          0.24-1             a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.24-4           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2      0.88-2.1           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1        2.8.0-2.1          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6          2.4.2-2.1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4           2.28.1-6           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.24.2-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0           2.30.0-1           The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0     2.30.1-1           A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0           2.20.1-2           The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2             1:2.14.18-0.1      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules        1.1.1-6.1          Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime        1.1.1-6.1          Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g              1.1.1-6.1          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpanel-applet2-0    2.30.2-2           library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0         1.28.3-1+squeeze2  Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.96-4             PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpolkit-gtk-1-0     0.96-3             PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii  libpopt0              1.16-1             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-common       2.26.3-1           SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1           2.0.96-1           SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libupower-glib1       0.9.5-5            abstraction for power management -
ii  libwrap0              7.6.q-19           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6              2:1.3.3-4          X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6               1:1.0.6-1          X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6             1:1.0.3-2          X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxklavier16         5.0-2              X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2               2.7.8.dfsg-2       GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base              3.2-23.2squeeze1   Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-ma 1:2.30.1-3         lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  policykit-1-gnome     0.96-3             GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  upower                0.9.5-5            abstraction for power management
ii  xfce4-session [x-sess 4.6.2-3            Xfce4 Session Manager
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-ter 0.4.5-1            Xfce terminal emulator
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manag 4.6.2-1            window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emu 261-1              X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3   compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi                     1.30.1-3      Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii  desktop-base               6.0.5squeeze1 common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.30.3-2      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-power-manager        2.32.0-2      power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      2.30.2-2      daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.5+5         X11 XKB utilities
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.7.7-13    nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.5+8       the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                     2.30.0-1      Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-mag                     1:0.16.1-2 a screen magnifier for the GNOME d
ii  gnome-orca                    2.30.2-2   Scriptable screen reader
ii  gok                           2.30.0-1   GNOME Onscreen Keyboard
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.30.3-5   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  metacity                      1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed:
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name 	debian-swirl
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds		true
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list		true
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager		false
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy		never

/etc/pam.d/gdm3 changed:
auth    requisite       pam_nologin.so
auth    required        pam_env.so readenv=1
auth    required        pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale
auth	required	pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet_success
@include common-auth
auth    optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so
@include common-account
session required        pam_limits.so
@include common-session
session optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
@include common-password
auth optional pam_group.so


-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3





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