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[Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Fred - Thanks for taking the time to file this bug report.

If your concern is only about the /media directory, the guest user
should be able to read and search that directory. The guest account
should not be able to write to that directory. I've verified that to be
the case on several freshly installed Oneiric systems.

However, I suspect your concern is about the guest account being able to
read and write to USB storage devices that are mounted inside the /media
directory (/media/2DC0-D277/, for example). Is this correct?

** Package changed: ubuntu => lightdm (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882862

Title:
  Guest account can read/write in /media/

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The guest account can everything under /media/.
  Is the guest account really supposed to be able to access and read all the files on the host computer?

  If yes, then is the guest account really really supposed to be able to write to /media/ ?
  Shouldn't the guest be limited to his temporary home in /tmp/ ?

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