Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
The GDM greeter will crash (and be respawned indefinitely) whenever the
GECOS-field of an entry in /etc/passwd contains an '&'-sign (ampersand).
Attached is the output from /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log.
The system is Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop/AMD64. The GDM
** Attachment added: "Log of GDM crash"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39403648/gdmcrash.log
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GDM crashes with '&' in passwd entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524422
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