This is now in lp:lightdm. To make an in-session greeter you need to set
X-LightDM-Allow-Greeter=true in the session .desktop file. Then you can
run a greeter using liblightdm from inside that session.

Only one greeter is allowed at once. Any process from the logged in user
can connect (so there is a denial of service risk if the correct process
doesn't get the socket first or loses it).

The socket is called /var/run/lightdm/<user>/greeter-socket. For
security purposes it's probably worth locking this down with AppArmor
rules.

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Also affects: lightdm
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lightdm
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: lightdm
    Milestone: None => 1.19.2

** Changed in: lightdm
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: lightdm
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)

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