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From: Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
Subject: bug#37423: Changing the login service from GDM to SLiM and then back
 to GDM causes a really bad loop
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:25:55 -0400
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To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 37423@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi Ludo and G=C3=A1bor,

Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi G=C3=A1bor,
>
> G=C3=A1bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Couldn't we simply do what the fix does: ensuring the owner of
>> the files under =E2=80=9C/var/lib/gdm=E2=80=9D is the current =E2=80=9Cg=
dm=E2=80=9D user?
>
> Hey you=E2=80=99re right, I was not approaching it from the right angle.
>
> Here=E2=80=99s a patch that does that.  Thoughts?

LGTM!  Though I don=E2=80=99t have a chance to test it at the moment, so al=
l I
can really say is that it makes sense and I didn=E2=80=99t see any typos.  =
:)


-- Tim