Public bug reported:
Affects:
14.04 LTS
lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3
When graphically logging in with a new user without a home directory,
lightdm/xdg/freedesktop creates a home directory based on settings in
/etc/xdg before PAM session configs are processed. This makes
pam_mkhomedir completely useless for graphical logins of first-time
users. It also creates inconsistencies between graphical and console
logins as the console still processes mkhomedir. Thus, two new users
would have differing home directories if one initially logged in
graphically vs intially logged in via a console.
This bug does not exist in 12.04 LTS.
How to reproduce:
1. Create a new user, ensuring the user has no home directory.
2. Configure pam with pam_mkhomedir to create a home directory by copying files
from some skeleton directory.
3. Login via lightdm with the new user.
4. Verify that none of the files from the skeleton are actually in the new
user's home directory.
What is expected to happen is that pam_mkhomedir is always processed
before any other home directory files are created, enabling
administrators to dictate the home directory contents for new users
using the traditional method of pam_mkhomedir + /etc/skel.
** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318778
Title:
lightdm doesn't let pam_mkhomedir execute
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Affects:
14.04 LTS
lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3
When graphically logging in with a new user without a home directory,
lightdm/xdg/freedesktop creates a home directory based on settings in
/etc/xdg before PAM session configs are processed. This makes
pam_mkhomedir completely useless for graphical logins of first-time
users. It also creates inconsistencies between graphical and console
logins as the console still processes mkhomedir. Thus, two new users
would have differing home directories if one initially logged in
graphically vs intially logged in via a console.
This bug does not exist in 12.04 LTS.
How to reproduce:
1. Create a new user, ensuring the user has no home directory.
2. Configure pam with pam_mkhomedir to create a home directory by copying
files from some skeleton directory.
3. Login via lightdm with the new user.
4. Verify that none of the files from the skeleton are actually in the new
user's home directory.
What is expected to happen is that pam_mkhomedir is always processed
before any other home directory files are created, enabling
administrators to dictate the home directory contents for new users
using the traditional method of pam_mkhomedir + /etc/skel.
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