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[Bug 794315] Re: lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile

 

Sigh.   Display managers should NEVER source .profile at all... that
file is exclusively for interactive shells, as is explicitly stated in
all of the man pages of every shell ever.  I just opened Bug #1468832
about this, where I also explained how to properly accomplish what
people want here.

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Title:
  lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lightdm

  /etc/gdm/Xsession had this code:
    # First read /etc/profile and .profile
    test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile
    test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile"
    # Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup
    test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile
    test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile"
  so that, for example, ~/bin gets added to the path (by the default ~/.profile), and any user-customized environment setup gets run.

  After switching from gdm to lightdm, this no longer happens.  This is
  going to be a regression now that lightdm is becoming the default
  display manager.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 0.3.7-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jun  7 19:27:11 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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