[Bug 574262] Re: [SRU] Please backport to Karmic GDM fix for bug #463376

[Martin Pitt]

** Also affects: gdm (Ubuntu Karmic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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[SRU] Please backport to Karmic GDM fix for bug #463376
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Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “gdm” source package in Karmic: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: gdm

Hi, when time permits, could you please backport from Lucid to Karmic GDM's patch for bug #463376?

The bug is about GDM's PostLogin/Default script.

In Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) when you log in as, say, "somename", you get proper values inside /etc/PostLogin/Default for these vars.:

$USERNAME --> somename
$LOGNAME --> somename
$HOME --> /home/somename

But in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) you get instead these values:

$USERNAME --> gdm
$LOGNAME --> gdm
$HOME --> /var/lib/gdm

It seems that this is fixed in Ubuntu 10.04 too, but I haven't tested it yet.

Having these vars. and others set up correctly for using them in the script /etc/PostSession/Default is badly needed for admins that want to clear $HOME upon login, for example in a shool computer lab (as is our case here).

Bug #463376 is where the patch for Lucid was posted; bug #506972 is where the request to backport to Karmic was originally done by Manuel Iglesias.