No, the ".override" file will be preserved across upgrades. You can ship/provision that package in a file. Alternatively you can modify the settings for the lightdm user directly like so:
$ sudo -i $ xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm $ su lightdm -s /bin/bash $ gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter show-hostname 'false' $ xhost -SI:localuser:lightdm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1208469 Title: No option to disable hostname Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: For PCI compliance we need to hide all references to the username. Or any other hints for that matter. We could disable everything, but not the hostname in the top panel. I would like to request this feature. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: lightdm 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40~precise3-generic 3.8.13.4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 5 14:59:00 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1208469/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
