User1: darkxst, I've verified the AutoLogin issue from yesterday. Your comments about custom.conf being commented out by default is valid, sometimes. When user chooses "Login automatically" on install, those comments are removed, thus enabling AutoLogin and TimedLogin. And when you turn off the auto login, TimedLogin stays on...
User2: mem11, file a bug
User1: darkxst, where?
User1: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome This address is nowhere to be found on the webpage and wiki
User2: mem11, use ubuntu-bug command
User2: probably those settings are handled by gnome-settings-daemon
User3: not gdm?
User2: mgedmin, I think he is talking about changes that are occuring via g-c-c?
User3: oh right, gdm reads these; something else writes them
User3: not gnome-control-center itself?
User1: darkxst, ubuntu-bug <package-name> : what should I file against?
User2: mgedmin, could be either really, didnt actually check
User2: mem11, I just told you!
User1: all right. i'll do it later, as i'm on a different machine
User1: isn't there a web-based tracker somewhere?
User3: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome, but ubuntu-bug attaches various bits of relevant system information such as package versions and config settings
User3: so it's better to use the tool
User3: (in theory you can file a bug now and then use apport-collect to collect and upload the extra info later)
User2: accountsservices edits the config file
User2: however I can't find any code that would enable TimedLogin
User2: unless its a regex in ubiquity
User1: I think it's only during installation. When you don't select "Login Auto..." during install and then modify AutoLogin=False, the commented sections are all there and my change is appended in the file. Hope I'm being clear.
User1: Nevermind, I'll make a proper bug report later on. Thanks people.
User2: yes its ubiquity
User2: AutologinParameters="AutomaticLoginEnable=true\n\
User2: AutomaticLogin=$USER\n\
User2: TimedLoginEnable=true\n\
User2: TimedLogin=$USER\n\
User2: TimedLoginDelay=10"
User2: mem11, if you disable autologin in gnome-control-center is it still broken?
User2: my guess is that wont touch the "TimedLogin" keys either though
User1: Yes, that's it.
User1: TimedLogin isn't changed back.
User2: mem11, ok, file bug against ubiquity, TimedLogin probably doesnt need to be ever set
User2: its probably old code from GNOME2 days
User1: Ok, ubiquity. Thanks.
User1: Looks like it's been reported couple of months ago actually: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1412791
User4: Ubuntu bug 1412791 in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) "automatic login configured in ubiquity cannot be disabled by gnome-control-center" [Undecided,New]
User1: Someone responded that "it's not a security bug" :-/ He probably knows better huh?
User2: mem11, physical access to a machine does not count as a security bug
User2: (its ridiculously easy to get root access on any linux machine)
User2: unless its an encrypted system
User1: When /home is encrypted, you need password anyway...
User2: you can still get at the root filesystem then
User2: hmm I don't know where that code comes from, seems to be imported into ubiquity at build time
User2: seens to be user-setup
User2: this is crap, ubuntu patch the upstream code directly in that package
User2: it has completely diverged from the debian source
User1: how do you track all those sources?
User2: mem11, track what? codesearch.debian.org is useful
User2: normally ubuntu patches are applied over debian code with quilt
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