Short answer is it should be able to do this correctly. I haven't investigated why it's occurring, but it might be an ordering issue in PAM (i.e. you need to have the pam_environment run after the ecryptfs module as well as before it)
-- 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/952185 Title: ~/.pam_environment not parsed when HOME is encrypted Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: I have noticed this with LightDM 1.1.6 - 1.1.8. Is HOME 'unlocked' too late? The result is that the session environment contains the system wide locale settings, while the user's locale settings are ignored. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/952185/+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
