Public bug reported:
I'm not sure this is a bug in unity-greeter, most likely it is another
component.
After using the guest session feature (log in as guest) a couple of
times I find the following cruft on my system. This shouldn't happen.
$ grep guest /etc/shadow
guest-ceyM7L:*:15982:0:99999:7:::
guest-Qb2HtL:*:15989:0:99999:7:::
guest-9KbZAI:*:15995:0:99999:7:::
guest-Jz5Iz0:*:16011:0:99999:7:::
guest-kWc1MQ:*:16014:0:99999:7:::
guest-iqcR95:*:16026:0:99999:7:::
guest-5UTOnm:*:16082:0:99999:7:::
guest-iXkNz7:*:16101:0:99999:7:::
guest-nHX8MC:*:16502:0:99999:7:::
guest-lrkBHN:*:16572:0:99999:7:::
guest-Ltux49:*:16698:0:99999:7:::
guest-oggaCN:*:16756:0:99999:7:::
guest-y5JvoT:*:16756:0:99999:7:::
guest-YBXQ1O:*:16762:0:99999:7:::
guest-d2N35B:*:17043:0:99999:7:::
guest-B222qB:*:17073:0:99999:7:::
guest-B4IqVx:*:17110:0:99999:7:::
guest-51gqiH:*:17142:0:99999:7:::
Other files seem to be affected as well.
$ sudo rgrep -l guest-ceyM7L /etc/
/etc/group-
/etc/group.org
/etc/gshadow-
/etc/passwd-
/etc/passwd.org
/etc/shadow-
/etc/shadow.org
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/shadow
/etc/passwd
I'm running unity-greeter 14.04.11-0ubuntu1 on trusty.
** Affects: unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: trusty
** Description changed:
I'm not sure this is a bug in unity-greeter, most likely it is another
component.
After using the guest session feature (log in as guest) a couple of
times I find the following cruft on my system. This shouldn't happen.
$ grep guest /etc/shadow
guest-ceyM7L:*:15982:0:99999:7:::
guest-Qb2HtL:*:15989:0:99999:7:::
guest-9KbZAI:*:15995:0:99999:7:::
guest-Jz5Iz0:*:16011:0:99999:7:::
guest-kWc1MQ:*:16014:0:99999:7:::
guest-iqcR95:*:16026:0:99999:7:::
guest-5UTOnm:*:16082:0:99999:7:::
guest-iXkNz7:*:16101:0:99999:7:::
guest-nHX8MC:*:16502:0:99999:7:::
guest-lrkBHN:*:16572:0:99999:7:::
guest-Ltux49:*:16698:0:99999:7:::
guest-oggaCN:*:16756:0:99999:7:::
guest-y5JvoT:*:16756:0:99999:7:::
guest-YBXQ1O:*:16762:0:99999:7:::
guest-d2N35B:*:17043:0:99999:7:::
guest-B222qB:*:17073:0:99999:7:::
guest-B4IqVx:*:17110:0:99999:7:::
guest-51gqiH:*:17142:0:99999:7:::
Other files seem to be affected as well.
+ $ sudo rgrep -l guest-ceyM7L /etc/
+ /etc/group-
+ /etc/group.org
+ /etc/gshadow-
+ /etc/passwd-
+ /etc/passwd.org
+ /etc/shadow-
+ /etc/shadow.org
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/shadow
/etc/passwd
I'm running unity-greeter 14.04.11-0ubuntu1 on trusty.
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guest session leaves cruft behind
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