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[Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

lightdm creates a directory in /tmp and mounts a tmpfs over it as a home
directory for guest users.

I'd prefer it (at least as a configurable option) if it instead would
mount /tmp/guest... over /home/guest via an aufs file system. That way
the admin could provide some default contents, that are completely
restored for every login, and it does not waste RAM.

regards

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm 1.0.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov  5 11:09:46 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:de_DE:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (6 days ago)

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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Title:
  use aufs instead of tmpfs for guest account

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  lightdm creates a directory in /tmp and mounts a tmpfs over it as a
  home directory for guest users.

  I'd prefer it (at least as a configurable option) if it instead would
  mount /tmp/guest... over /home/guest via an aufs file system. That way
  the admin could provide some default contents, that are completely
  restored for every login, and it does not waste RAM.

  regards

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 1.0.5-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Nov  5 11:09:46 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:de_DE:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (6 days ago)

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