The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release
** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083605 Title: env not changed in acc. with ~/.pam_environment if /home is on nfs Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in pam package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in accountsservice source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in pam source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in accountsservice source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Status in pam source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Bug description: When using localization setup from the login screen, the choice doesn't work because of a permission error, if the user's home directory is mounted with nfs. The problem happens because this is done by root, usually not able to write over nfs shares. The problem disappears if home directories are exported with no_root_squash option. So, something is making access as root, instead as user. I'm using Precise. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1083605/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp