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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Message #37 received at 37423-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
Cc: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>,
 37423-done <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: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:10:25 +0200

Hello,

Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Gábor,
>>
>> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Couldn't we simply do what the fix does: ensuring the owner of
>>> the files under “/var/lib/gdm” is the current “gdm” user?
>>
>> Hey you’re right, I was not approaching it from the right angle.
>>
>> Here’s a patch that does that.  Thoughts?
>
> LGTM!  Though I don’t have a chance to test it at the moment, so all I
> can really say is that it makes sense and I didn’t see any typos.  :)

I tested in a VM and it’s all good.  Pushed as
f817901ee74fbc2f3c3322d473ad4c72b052499c.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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