[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#765589: Bug#765589: lightdm: greeter-hide-users=true in 01_debian.conf

[Alex Andreotti]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 04:04:20PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On jeu., 2014-10-16 at 15:42 +0200, Alex Andreotti wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 03:34:38PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > On jeu., 2014-10-16 at 15:31 +0200, Alex Andreotti wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 03:23:28PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > > > control: tag -1 unreproducible moreinfo
> > > > > On jeu., 2014-10-16 at 15:02 +0200, Alex Andreotti wrote:
> > > > > > Package: lightdm
> > > > > > Version: 1.10.3-1
> > > > > > Severity: wishlist
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hello dear Maintainer,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I would like to know if is really necessary to declare greeter-hide-users=true
> > > > > > in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yes, I don't want to expose each and every users of each and every
> > > > > Debian box running LightDM.
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, but isn't already set by default to true on /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf?
> > > 
> > > No, default is false.
> > 
> > Isn't this a countersense? Why not setting it true here by default and
> > leave from 01_debian.conf?
> 
> Because lightdm.conf comes from upstream (so we don't need to patch it
> manually) and is usually modified (with tracking) by the box
> administrator.
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > > > I like to set it to false and have to do it on every lightdm upgrade,
> > > > > > /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf override /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf,
> > > > > > is this wanted/expected?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here editing /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf works just fine, it overrides
> > > > > correctly settings from /usr/share.
> > > > 
> > > > So, how do I check why on my system /usr/share win?
> > > 
> > > Check lightdm --show-config which will show you from where the variables
> > > are set (to a different value than the default):
> > > 
> > > root at scapa:~# lightdm --show-config
> > >    [SeatDefaults]
> > > A  greeter-session=lightdm-greeter
> > > B  greeter-hide-users=false
> > > A  session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession
> > > 
> > > Sources:
> > > A  /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf
> > > B  /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
> > > 
> > 
> > So, I tried setting it to true on 01_debian.conf:
> > 
> >     lightdm --show-config
> >     ~
> >     [sudo] password for alex: 
> >        [SeatDefaults]
> >     A  greeter-session=lightdm-greeter
> >     A  greeter-hide-users=true
> >     A  session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession
> >     
> >        [LightDM]
> >     B  greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter
> >     B  greeter-hide-users=false
> >     B  greeter-allow-guest=false
> >     
> >     Sources:
> >     A  /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf
> >     B  /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
> >     
> > It show correct order but on boot it ask for username...
> 
> Well, that looks obvious to me… Compare with my output, and look at the
> session ([]) names… You're defining greeter-hide-users in the wrong
> section.
> > 
> 

Oops, thank you the section did the trick.

Regards