[Bug 801264] [NEW] Allow non-root apps to suggest user log back in

[Michael Terry]

Public bug reported:

Currently, we have a mechanism for root to notify any logged-in users
that they should reboot the machine.

But there are some situations where the user merely needs to re-login.
For example, we currently have a dpkg trigger when a package that is
upgrading from gconf to gsettings that triggers the 'reboot machine'
message.  When all such a thing really needs is a new X session.

In a similar way, non-root apps might want to trigger such a notice.  In
particular, my pet project Deja Dup is a backup program that, when
restoring, would like to notify the user to log out and back in to get
any settings that have been updated by the restore.

So the request is for:
A) A "log back in" message system to complement the current "reboot" message
B) A way for non-root apps to trigger the "log back in" message

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-notifier 0.112ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 23 13:34:42 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110422)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-notifier
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity unity-2d

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Title:
  Allow non-root apps to suggest user log back in

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently, we have a mechanism for root to notify any logged-in users
  that they should reboot the machine.

  But there are some situations where the user merely needs to re-login.
  For example, we currently have a dpkg trigger when a package that is
  upgrading from gconf to gsettings that triggers the 'reboot machine'
  message.  When all such a thing really needs is a new X session.

  In a similar way, non-root apps might want to trigger such a notice.
  In particular, my pet project Deja Dup is a backup program that, when
  restoring, would like to notify the user to log out and back in to get
  any settings that have been updated by the restore.

  So the request is for:
  A) A "log back in" message system to complement the current "reboot" message
  B) A way for non-root apps to trigger the "log back in" message

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-notifier 0.112ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jun 23 13:34:42 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110422)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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