Bug#774823: TimedLogin fails if disable-user-list is true
Antoine Beaupré
anarcat at debian.org
Thu Jan 8 02:40:16 UTC 2015
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.14.1-3
Severity: normal
If user list is disabled ("disable-user-list=true" in
/etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults), TimedLogin fails to do anything.
It seems that the functionality is bound to the user listing, which is
unfortunate because I consider the said functionality to be a security
vulnerability...
It seems to me that TimedLogin should work regardless, or at least that
the behavior should be documented. I looked here in the documentation:
https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/3.14/configuration.html.fr
Thanks!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.37-3+b1
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii awesome [x-window-manager] 3.4.15-1+b1
ii dconf-cli 0.22.0-1
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.22.0-1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55
ii gir1.2-gdm3 3.14.1-3
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.14.0-2
ii gnome-session-bin 3.14.0-2
ii gnome-session-flashback [x-session-manager] 3.8.1-7
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.14.2-2
ii gnome-shell 3.14.2-3
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.14.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.14.1-1
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.37-3+b1
ii libaudit1 1:2.4-1+b1
ii libc6 2.19-13
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-2.1
ii libcanberra0 0.30-2.1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.1-2+b1
ii libgdm1 3.14.1-3
ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.42.1-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.14.5-1
ii libpam-modules 1.1.8-3.1
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.8-3.1
ii libpam-systemd 215-8
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.1
ii librsvg2-common 2.40.5-1
ii libselinux1 2.3-2
ii libsystemd0 215-8
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-25
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.1-1+b1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.4.2-1+b1
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:3.14.3-1
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.14.2-1
ii policykit-1 0.105-8
ii rxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 1:2.7.10-6
ii rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator] 9.20-1+b1
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.8-1
ii ucf 3.0030
ii x11-common 1:7.7+7
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+3+b1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.10.1-9
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.6.3-1+b1
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.10.1-3
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 312-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi2-core 2.14.0-1
ii desktop-base 8.0.2
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0-1
ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-1
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+1
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.16.2.901-1
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+7
ii zenity 3.14.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn gnome-orca <none>
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.14.0-1+b1
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
TimedLoginEnable = true
TimedLogin = xbmc
TimedLoginDelay = 30
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
-- debconf information:
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
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