GNU bug report logs - #37423
Changing the login service from GDM to SLiM and then back to GDM causes a really bad loop

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 37423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
To: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: 37423 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37423: Changing the login service from GDM to SLiM and then
 back to GDM causes a really bad loop
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:16:14 +0200

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:45:58 -0400
Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com> wrote:

> Could this be the same issue as <https://bugs.gnu.org/36508>?  In
> short, Guix doesn’t guarantee that the “gdm” user will have the same
> UID if it gets deleted and recreated (which happens when you remove
> the GDM service and add it again).  You can fix this by ensuring the
> owner of the files under “/var/lib/gdm” is the current “gdm” user.
> 
> 
> -- Tim

Yes, this seems to be the same issue. I'll try the solution, but it
needs to be fixed anyway. Hope someone works on that.
Thanks for help!


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Jan
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