Installed lightdm 1.18.2-0ubuntu1 from xenial-proposed and confirm that the guest user can be modified via /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh using e.g. the adduser command.
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- 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/1581853 Title: Source prefs.sh as privileged user to allow user mods Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in lightdm source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] including [Test Case] The Ask Ubuntu question <http://askubuntu.com/q/771080> called my attention to a regression in 16.04 as regards the possibilities for the system owner to configure the guest account. Up to 15.10 you can put e.g. this line in /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh: adduser $USER somegroup But if you try that in 16.04, the guest session won't launch. The explanation is that after the reorganization of the guest session code in 16.04, prefs.sh is sourced by /usr/share/lightdm/guest- session/setup.sh, which is not run as root. The linked merge proposals restore the previous behavior by letting prefs.sh be sourced by /usr/sbin/guest-account again. [Regression Potential] Low. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1581853/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
