GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 655075
"Exclude" greeter option no longer honoured
Last modified: 2018-05-24 10:36:48 UTC
I configure /etc/gdm/custom.conf to exclude a normal user account from the gdm greeter list, following the instructions at http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/configuration.html.en#greetersection But since upgrading from gdm 2.x to gdm 3.0 (really fedora 13 to fedora 15) this no longer works. It appears that this option was lost during the port to libaccountsservice: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-user-chooser-widget.c?id=ec034f78dcb27baf240658323892ac2a665c6580
No change in gdm-3.2.1.1-8.fc16.x86_64, accountsservice-0.6.14-2.fc16.x86_64.
I can confirm this bug on F-15 with gdm-3.0.4-1.fc15.x86_64. Oliver, please update the version number attached to this bug report (since you were able to reproduce the bug with gdm 3.2.x).
I can confirm this but is still present in 3.2.1.1. Neither the gdm.schemas nor custom.conf files have any effect.
This is still an issue with Gnome 3.4.2 (running on openSUSE 12.2 x86-64). It's the most annoying Gnome bug I've encountered. It occurs even if I set the user ID to a low number (in the system users range), as long as the user has a valid shell--so the only workaround I've found is to set the shell to /bin/false, which obviously is not suitable for many use cases. From what I remember, back in 2010 this feature used to work. WTF happened?
It's also shameful that this bug is still listed as UNCONFIRMED. Seriously? It's been almost a year and a half since Oliver reported it!
BTW how do I change the version to 3.4.x? Or should I file a new bug report for that version?
There's a little more discussion in the linked freedesktop.org bug, but it seemed to have stalled. I'm sure I saw a solution of sorts being implemented but can't find the bug number now, maybe I'm just mis-remembering.
I think the fix you are refering to is linked to from the freedesktop address below. It seems to be coming along though, thankfully: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56729
Problem confirmed with GNOME 3.8 (Fedora 19).
Problem still persists in Gnome 3.10.
Is it possible to at least get a "confirmed" here? What can we provide to make this confirmed?
we don't use UNCONFIRMED differently than NEW or ASSIGNED ...
This functionality is going to be provided by accountsservice, but it isn't there yet.
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