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[Mark Shuttleworth <435930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can we do this more "systemically" than a dialog box? Perhaps some sort
of overlay (similar to the shutdown / restart overlay) on guest login?

As for language:

"Temporary Guest Session"

"All data created during this guest session will be deleted when you
logout or reboot, and settings will be reset to defaults. [Please save
files in /var/guest-data if you would like to access them again
later.][Please create /var/guest-data if you would like to save files
across guest sessions.]"

Clearly, use the sentence that's appropriate depending on the existence
of /var/guest-data :)

Thanks,
Mark

On 09/12/13 04:10, Robert Ancell wrote:
> Can design please comment on the wording of the warning. As proposed, it
> is a warning dialog like this:
>
> Title: 'Warning: Data will be deleted'
> Content: 'Please be aware that this is a "guest session". It means that your data will be automatically deleted when you log out, and possible altered settings will be reset.'
> Optional content: 'There is an exception: Files that you save in the folder /var/guest-data will be preserved.'
>
> The optional content is not shown on a default install (it requires a
> sysadmin to create /var/guest-data).
>
>
> ** Also affects: ayatana-design
>    Importance: Undecided
>        Status: New
>
> ** No longer affects: gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu)
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435930

Title:
  Guest session does not warn about temporary nature of files

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi all,

  this is not a bug per se, rather a request for a feature.  One of the
  users I support has allowed someone to use his desktop using the
  "Guest Session", not realising that files saved during this session do
  not persist after logout.  The person in question proceeded to do a
  good few hours work on the machine, saving files to the Guest Session
  desktop.  They were of course extremely dismayed when they logged in
  again, only to find that their work has disappeared.

  I think it would be a nice feature if, upon logging into the Guest
  Session, a splash screen appeared telling the user in no uncertain
  terms that any files they saved during the session would not persist
  after they logged out.  I am a linux sysadmin and I was unaware of
  this property of the Guest Session and had to search online for an
  explanation for the behavior which, I'm sure you agree, is not ideal.

  Thanks in advance,
  Dan T.

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