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Bug 612982 - can't catch $USER in /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
can't catch $USER in /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 602403
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: 2010-03-15 21:11 UTC by Twisted Lincoln, Inc.
Modified: 2010-03-15 21:18 UTC
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Description Twisted Lincoln, Inc. 2010-03-15 21:11:31 UTC 
Running GDM 2.28, we can't catch $USER $USERNAME or $LOGNAME variables
from /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.

Instead, "gdm" is returned for all variables instead of real login name. It was working in the old GDM 2.20 that shipped with GNOME 2.26.

(Bug reported by suggestion of the Ubuntu package maintainers, as noted on the bug report filed on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/463376)
Comment 1 Brian Cameron 2010-03-15 21:18:41 UTC 
I believe this is a duplicate of fixed bug #602403.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 602403 ***