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Manual login screen stopped appearing, apparently after update to
lightdm-gtk-greeter.

Instead of requiring a password as per usual, the system logged-in
automatically.

This is a security risk to anybody for whom it is vital that password
log-in is maintained at all times.

The update to lightdm-gtk-greeter occured on 26 August. I have attached
logs to show subsequent refs to lightdm.

A fix was provided here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/451950/how-to-
configure-lightdm-to-allow-manual-logins-in-ubuntu-14-04

It seems the update removed the line from
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/10-ubuntustudio.conf that governs whether
manual login runs or not.

Is this sort of oversight a common failure for updates related to user
security? How are we to trust it is not?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: lightdm 1.10.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Sep  1 14:46:56 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntustudio-default-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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Manual login disappeared after update of lightdm / greeter
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364036
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