On 31 August 2016 at 11:43, Martin Bammer <mrb...@gmail.com> wrote: > why are the face files located in user's home? In case of encrypted home > directories the login managers cannot access them and the user management > programs of the different DEs need to create an extra copy of the face files > in a location outside of the home directory, which is login manager specific. > This increases the effort for developing user management program > unnecessarily. > Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a common location for the users' face > files? My suggestion would be /etc/faces, because the face files are part of > the user configurations. A simple policy kit rule could enable the users to > write their face file into this directory. > What do you think?
I think something along these lines (in /var though) is what accountsservice already does? -- Cheers, Andrew
