Re: [gdm-list] RelaxPermission option not working in gdm 2.20.7-0ubuntu1.1

[Simone <iceee2k3 gmail com>]

Hi Brian,

 fortunately I solved :) !

The problem was the configuration file in use: /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
instead of /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom !

2009/5/29 Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com>:
>> The Problem in detail
>> =====================
>> By default it seems that gdm's configuration( /etc/gdm/gdm.conf)
>> doesn't like group-writeble homes ::
>>
>>    # 0 is the most restrictive, 1 allows group write permissions, 2 allows
>> all
>>    # write permissions.
>>    RelaxPermissions=0
>>    # Check if directories are owned by logon user.  Set to false, if
>> you have, for
>>    # example, home directories owned by some other user.
>>    CheckDirOwner=true
>>
>> So I changed the ``RelaxPermission`` value to ``1`` and checked the
>> $HOME/.dmrc permission::
> Does setting RelaxPermission to "2" make a difference?  Note that you
> probably need to restart GDM by running gdm-restart after making the
> change, or else you won't notice the change until next reboot.
>
> Also, you can run this command:
>
> gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG security/RelaxPermissions"
>
> This will verify what value the GDM daemon is actually using for
> the RelaxPermissions configuration setting.  If setting the value to a
> higher value does not work, it is good to verify the daemon is actually
> using the correct value by running this command.

Useful command... annotated for next debug !

Thank you for help :-)

 Simone