This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.9.3-0ubuntu1 --------------- lightdm (1.9.3-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low
* New upstream release: - Don't pass system user accounts from AccountsService to greeters. (LP: #1248541) - Fix crash if switching to greeter and it isn't installed. (LP: #1246529) -- Robert Ancell <robert.anc...@canonical.com> Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:07:34 +1300 ** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- 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/1248541 Title: root user displayed on greeter screen Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager 1.8 series: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager 1.9 series: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Saucy: In Progress Status in “lightdm” source package in Trusty: Fix Released Bug description: Reproduced on 1.8.2 and 1.8.4: If you open an ssh session as the root user, it gets displayed in the greeter. Steps to reproduce: 1- Log in as a regular user 2- Set up ssh key auth for root user 3- ssh into machine as root user 4- Log out as regular user 5- Notice "root" account being displayed in greeter To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1248541/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp