Security design flaw with "default" x-windows login behaviour

[jdong]

Eric Dunbar Wrote: 
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> I also see it as an Ubuntu issue since this is (I suspect) merely a
> default setting issue which, though maybe at odds with the technical
> Linux users community in general, would fit with the goal of
> "usability".
> 
> Anyhow, will now see if I can figure out how to submit it into their
> bug-tracking system (not really a bug, merely a default configuration
> issue).
> 
> Sincerely, Eric.
> 
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:33:25 +0000, jdong <dlist at ubuntuforums.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > This is a GDM issue, and should be directed at GNOME's mailing list
> or
> > bug tracking system.
> > 
> > --
> > jdong
> 
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Thanks for understanding. Though Ubuntu can easily patch this, it
would cause Ubuntu's GDM to act differently than another distro's GDM.
That kind of inconsistency is certainly not what a network admin wants
to deal with!!

If you file the bug/complaint right now, there's an almost sure chance
that GDM 2.10 will have that corrected.


-- 
jdong