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gdm package

  1. Bug #104957
  2. Comment #48

Comment 48 for bug 104957

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Flabdablet (flabdablet) wrote : Re: [Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

On 2 November 2011 01:41, Michael Basse <email address hidden> wrote:
> why should it be a bug instead of a security-feature?

Because the policy defined in /etc/securetty for local graphical
terminals is inconsistent with the policy defined there for local text
terminals, and because the lack of wildcard support in the code that
parses /etc/securetty will continue to cause surprises for users whose
local ttys don't fit one of the device/display names defined
explicitly there.