From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQzN-0000qy-Nv for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:38:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQzK-0008Th-TC for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:38:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:34737) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQzK-0008TT-NF for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:38:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQzK-0004lz-Fs for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:38:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#33916] [PATCH 0/4] Make GDM usable Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45522) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQyt-0000aA-Pk for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:37 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQyq-0008D3-Vp for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:35 -0500 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:56499) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdQyq-0008BS-NG for guix-patches@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:32 -0500 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790F320FDC for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from mrblack (74-116-186-44.qc.dsl.ebox.net [74.116.186.44]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B5926100B8 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:29 -0500 (EST) From: Timothy Sample Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:37:29 -0500 Message-ID: <87bm53n3iu.fsf@ngyro.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 33916@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Guix, This patch series tweaks a few things in the GDM package and service so that it kinda works. That is to say, I have started using it as my DM, and I have not pulled all of my hair out yet. :) I will start a different thread on guix-devel about what problems there are and what is left to be done. These patches are simple, and I want to avoid complicating their review with open-ended questions. The only tricky patch is the third one that deletes the =E2=80=9Callow-root= ?=E2=80=9D configuration option. When set, this option allows logging in to any account *without* a password. I don't think that was the intention, and I don't think that feature is useful, so I removed it. I couldn=E2=80=99t = find a similar setup in the example PAM config files shipped with GDM, either. My guess is that the option was intended to allow or disallow root logins, but that is definitely not what it does. -- Tim