[Bug 877766] [NEW] lightdm login fails with NFS home
Public bug reported: Lightdm appears not to be able to log in a user if all of the following are true: 1. They've got an NFS-mounted home directory 2. NFS is configured in the usual manner; ie, root privileges do not allow access to arbitrary remote files 3. The user's home directory permissions are such that "other" cannot access the directory (ie, mode 0700) In this situation, the password is accepted and the screen clears. Rather than bringing up the desktop as expected, a couple of seconds pass and we're returned to the lightdm screen. This yielded a message in one of the /var/log/lightdm logs which I've just discovered was overwritten by subsequent successful logins. I'll recreate this and update the bug tonight. Workaround was to chmod the user's homedir to 0711 which allowed lightdm to work properly. Release is Ubuntu 11.10 with all updates as of 17 Oct 2011 at roughly 10pm EDT. Lightdm package is 1.0.1-0ubuntu6. ** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877766 Title: lightdm login fails with NFS home To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/877766/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 877766] Re: lightdm login fails with NFS home and strict (mode 0700) permissions
Hi All, I've changed jobs and no longer have access to the particular configuration which triggered this bug. However, based on the comments of others, I feel fully confident that it's been fixed. Thanks very much; it's great to see things constantly get better! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877766 Title: lightdm login fails with NFS home and strict (mode 0700) permissions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/877766/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 877766] Re: lightdm login fails with NFS home
A quick followup, and thanks to John since I hadn't gotten this data together yet. Yes, this is exactly the error situation that I saw in my logs as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877766 Title: lightdm login fails with NFS home To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/877766/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
