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Bug 783079 - gdm build runs chown commands but doesn't check whether user:group exists
gdm build runs chown commands but doesn't check whether user:group exists
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-05-25 10:15 UTC by Jeremy Bicha
Modified: 2018-05-24 11:36 UTC
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Description Jeremy Bicha 2017-05-25 10:15:31 UTC 
As part of Ubuntu's Main Review process, it was pointed out that gdm in data/Makefile.am attempts several chown commands that fail because there is no gdm user or group in the minimal build environment.

chown: invalid group: ‘root:gdm’
chown: invalid user: ‘gdm:gdm’

Full build log at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.24.2-1ubuntu2/+build/12616088

Ubuntu does add a gdm:gdm user as part of the installation script but only runs a single chown command for gdm's configured home directory.

chown -R gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm3

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gdm/ubuntu/view/head:/debian/gdm3.postinst#L91

Are all of those other gdm chown commands necessary, given that they aren't performed in Debian/Ubuntu anyway?
Comment 1 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 11:36:02 UTC 
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