I think it's a privacy issue but not necessarily a security issue. As it is now anyone would have the ability to sit down at your computer, log into a guest session from the log in screen, and then browse all of the users' personal files.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844219 Title: Guest Account has read access to /home Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am uncertain as to which package to file this bug against. Please be gentle. This is my first bug report. :) 1) matt@matt-ubuntu-beta:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 2) Lightdm? 3) Expected behavior: In 11.04 the Guest Account does not have sufficient privileges to access /home. I expected this same behavior with the Guest Account in 11.10. 4) What happened instead: In 11.10 the Guest Account has read access to /home and the home directories within. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 0.9.5-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Sep 7 12:29:50 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/lightdm InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/844219/+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
