Bug#616612: gdm3(8) man page should mention the XAUTHORITY environment variable
Vincent Lefevre
vincent at vinc17.net
Sat Mar 5 23:02:39 UTC 2011
Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-8
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Since gdm3 sets the XAUTHORITY environment variable, this should be
mentioned in the ENVIRONMENT section of the gdm3(8) man page.
See a suggested patch attached. The text come from the one from
the README.Debian file.
Note: according to what is said in the AUTHOR section, this seems to
be a Debian-specific bug (and upstream doesn't provide man pages).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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. 1.5.38 Debian configuration management sy
ii fvwm [x-window-mana 1:2.5.30.ds-1+local1 F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii gconf2 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-session [x-se 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-t 2.30.2-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii icewm [x-window-man 1.3.7~pre2-1+b1 wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
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 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-4 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 1.4.6-1 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 2.4.4-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.1-1+b1 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 1.1.2-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.2-2 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.2-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.30.2-4 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-2~sid1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-gobject-1 0.99-3 PolicyKit Authorization API
ii libpolkit-gtk-1-0 0.99-2 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 0.9.8-2 abstraction for power management -
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.1-5 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.0-1 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 3.2-27 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window- 1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.99-2 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii rxvt-unicode [x-ter 9.09-5 RXVT-like terminal emulator with U
ii twm [x-window-manag 1:1.0.6-1 Tab window manager
ii upower 0.9.8-2 abstraction for power management
ii xterm [x-terminal-e 268-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.30.1-3 Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii desktop-base 6.0.6 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 7.6+2 X11 XKB utilities
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.9.4-3 nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4 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
-- debconf information excluded
-------------- next part --------------
--- gdm3.8.pod~ 2011-01-22 00:39:58.000000000 +0100
+++ gdm3.8.pod 2011-03-05 23:52:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@
B<gdm3> uses PAM to perform authentication using the config file
F</etc/pam.d/gdm3>.
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item XAUTHORITY
+
+Upon session startup, GDM sets the XAUTHORITY environment variable to a
+session-specific file in F</var/run/gdm3>.
+
+Applications and scripts that assume this file is set to F<~/.Xauthority>
+will not work. To access the display you need both DISPLAY and
+XAUTHORITY variables.
+
+=back
+
=head1 AUTHOR
Martin Kasper Petersen <mkp at SunSITE.auc.dk>
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