Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
Ubuntu release: 10.4
When selecting a custom xsession that is missing the "Comment=" line in
GDM, users are logged in immediately without a password or confirmation.
The expected behavior is that one would select the xsession and not get
logged in until after entering a password. I've done some trial and
error with this issue and it seems that this is triggered by a single
line in the custom xsession file.
This will fail to require a password:
In /usr/share/xsessions I have a file called "fail.desktop" with this content:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Fail
Exec=xterm
Icon=
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-session-2.0
Adding the "Comment=" line to the file causes things to work as expected.
So, this will work properly:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Fail
Comment= this needs to be here?
Exec=xterm
Icon=
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-session-2.0
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: gdm
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GDM logs in without a password using a custom xsession file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578414
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