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[Julian Foad <435930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This needs, at least, a warning at log-out time as well.

The new warning at log-in time is better than no warning at all but is
still TOTALLY INSUFFICIENT. Ubuntu deletes the user's data at log-out
time. The user that saved work and logged out may not be the user that
launched the guest session: "here, use this computer, I've launched a
guest session for you". Or the user that saves work may leave the
computer logged in, intending to come back to it, maybe knowing that
their work will be lost if they log out or maybe not knowing; and then
their friend comes along and logs out the session, and gets not even a
warning that their friend's data is now being deleted.

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

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
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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