Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
affected package (probably): gdm (2.30.0-0ubuntu5)
ubuntu release: 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
system language: german (switzerland)
bug description:
Using the character "&" in a username (the complete or extensive name which can
be changed through the users administration GUI "users-admin") will result in
very weird behavior in the GDM login screen: mostly the username itself is
replaced by "(null)" or another username which doesn't contain the character
"&". Another time no username (and panel) shows up at all and you can't log in
through the GUI. In the users administration program "users-admin" the
usernames on the left side containing a "&" are also replaced by another
non-affected username. If you change the affected usernames into something else
without a "&" everything works fine again.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 24 21:30:04 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_CH:de:de_DE:de_LI:de_AT:de_LU:de_BE:en
LANG=de_CH.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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invalid character(s) for usernames in GDM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585128
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