[desktop-discuss] GNOME Display Manager (GDM) Rewrite [LSARC/2009/433 OnePager]

[Joerg Barfurth]

Brian Cameron schrieb:

>> Opt-in can be a checkbox in the installer, Users and Groups, and
>> useradd(1M) utilities.  But that's probably not necessary: just opt-in
>> all such users in the installer/useradd tools (no checkbox, just do it).
>> If users/admins don't like that they can disable the face browser
>> altogether.
> 
> We can file enhancement requests against the installer, Users and 
> Groups, and
> useradd(1M) projects to provide deeper integration with GDM if desired.
> 

While that is not this case, I don't think it is a good idea to have 
useradd opt-in users by default:
- Any user account that is actually used for interactive login will be 
'opted-in' anyhow by the history feature.
- The face browser may not be able to identify locked accounts easily:
   - the face browser won't be able to read shadow
   - these accounts may still need to have valid shells

An example of accounts that should not show up are kiosk accounts.

- Jörg

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