precise got a new version now, should be fixed there:
lightdm (1.1.1-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
* New upstream release:
* Support PAM requesting a change of password (lp: #911597)
* Support for reading users' backgrounds from Accounts Service
(lp: #844081)
* Switching to a
Martin
> There might be scenarios where the current behaviour is expected, but
> as I said this sounds like a corner case.
Yes, there are cases where this behavior is semi-desired.
Example, I have a party at my house, and I want my guests to be able to change
music and do stuff like check their F
Fred [2011-11-02 20:23 -]:
> Martin,
> What do you mean with "This would break desired access..." ?
There might be scenarios where the current behaviour is expected, but
as I said this sounds like a corner case.
> The fix committed, is it a proper solution to the problem, or is it just
> a di
Martin,
What do you mean with "This would break desired access..." ?
The fix committed, is it a proper solution to the problem, or is it just
a dirty quick fix?
Shouldn't USB sticks be mounted in /mnt/ as they're probably just
temporarily mounted?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarch
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Title:
Guest account can read/write in /media/
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committ
Fixed in trunk r1295.
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Committed
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Title:
Guest account can read/write in
Originally we deliberately allowed that so that guest users can use an
USB stick to do things like like editing documents there or keeping
their firefox config. See the profile:
/media/** rmwlixk, # we want access to USB sticks and the like
However, this should certainly be limited to the gues
Hey Martin, do you have an opinion on whether that should be blocked or
not?
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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No, if the guest plugs in his or her own USB flash memory then it should
be readable and writeable by the guest.
The problem is that the guest can read, write and erase the data on the system
if the disk partitions are mounted.
Disk partitions gets mounted in subdirectories of /media, and they're
Hi Fred - Thanks for taking the time to file this bug report.
If your concern is only about the /media directory, the guest user
should be able to read and search that directory. The guest account
should not be able to write to that directory. I've verified that to be
the case on several freshly i
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