[Bug 952185] [NEW] ~/.pam_environment not parsed by default

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lightdm precise and gdm precise SRU proposals
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[Impact]
As was originally stated in the bug summary, ~/.pam_environment is not read at login if $HOME is encrypted. The lightdm (Precise) and gdm (Precise) SRUs fix that issue.

[Test Case]
Steps to reproduce:
* As a user with an ecryptfs protected $HOME, use language-selector to make the user language and/or user regional formats differ from the system wide settings (i.e. ~/.pam_environment != /etc/default/locale).
* Log out and log in again. Run the locale command from a terminal window, and you'll find that the output is a result of /etc/default/locale, i.e. ~/.pam_environment was ignored.

[Regression Potential]
Low.

Previous description
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PAM needs to be told explicitly by respective service to parse ~/.pam_environment, since the fix of http://bugs.debian.org/611136 is about to make it into Raring. Please see comment #29 and #30.

Otherwise the session environment will contain the system wide locale
settings, while the user's locale settings are ignored.

** Affects: lightdm
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: at (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: pam (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: at (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Won't Fix

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: Fix Committed

** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: pam (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid


** Tags: patch verification-done
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~/.pam_environment not parsed by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952185
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