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Bug 103258 - No home directory dialog doesn't let you log in
No home directory dialog doesn't let you log in
Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other other
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
Trevor Curtis
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-01-13 02:15 UTC by Havoc Pennington
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Havoc Pennington 2003-01-13 02:12:22 UTC 
Bugzilla-Product: gdm
Description:

  Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77354
  for the original bug report.




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2003-01-12 21:12 -------

Reassigning to the default owner of the component, jirka@5z.com.
Comment 1 Jack Neely 2003-04-04 21:00:34 UTC 
This problem still exists in Red Hat Linux 9 with gdm-2.4.1.3-5.  All
you need to do to test is move your home directory out of the way and
then try to log in through gdm.
Comment 2 George Lebl 2003-05-15 07:08:33 UTC 
While the problem of not being able to log in with root as home
(though that really should not work, we need a nicer solution).  I
think I am however adressing the original problem by adding a
PostLogin script where you can do setup such as mounting a home dir or
some such before
gdm does any user setup
Comment 3 Jack Neely 2003-07-24 20:43:01 UTC 
Just tested with Red Hat's latest beta Severn (9.0.93).  This bug
still exists.  gdm package is gdm-2.4.1.3-8.  

Is the PostLogin directory work for this version?  Has using PostLogin
to create a temporary home directory in case the real one doesn't
exist been tested?

My situation is this:  Your fileserver is down for whatever reason. 
Folks demand that even in this case users should be able to log in and
have enough functionality to take an online test, participate in
class, and check email (like with a webmail client).  Yeah, this is
the university world.
Comment 4 Kjartan Maraas 2004-04-15 20:06:31 UTC 
Still acting the same in Fedora Core?
Comment 5 Kjartan Maraas 2005-01-19 20:58:32 UTC 
No response. Closing.