Bug#697804: gdm3 should reference pam_mail

Chris Davies chris at roaima.co.uk
Wed Jan 9 21:25:18 UTC 2013


Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-6squeeze4
Severity: normal


Gdm3 provides a login to the system, with session and authentication managed through PAM.
Non-GUI logins, ssh, and su use pam_mail to set the MAIL environment variable. Gdm3 should
do the same in /etc/pam.d/gdm3.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=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 1.5.36.1              Debian configuration management sy
ii  gconf2             2.28.1-6              GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-session [x-s 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- 2.30.2-1              The GNOME terminal emulator applic
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              2.11.3-4              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+squeeze1     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+squeeze4    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+squeeze1    Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime     1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1    Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g           1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1    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- 0.96-4+squeeze2       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+squeeze6 GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base           3.2-23.2squeeze1      Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window 1:2.30.1-3            lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  policykit-1-gnome  0.96-3                GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  rxvt [x-terminal-e 1:2.6.4-14            VT102 terminal emulator for the X 
ii  twm [x-window-mana 1:1.0.4-2             Tab window manager
ii  upower             0.9.5-5               abstraction for power management
ii  xterm [x-terminal- 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+squeeze1 daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  x11-xkb-utils          7.5+5             X11 XKB utilities
ii  xserver-xephyr         2:1.7.7-14        nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg           1:7.5+8+squeeze1  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/Init/Default changed [not included]
/etc/gdm3/PostSession/Default changed [not included]
/etc/gdm3/PreSession/Default changed [not included]
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed [not included]
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed [not included]
/etc/pam.d/gdm3 changed [not included]
/etc/pam.d/gdm3-autologin changed [not included]

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



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