Bug 162557

Summary:	login manager setting not change when changing settings in System Settings
Product:	[Unmaintained] kcontrol	Reporter:	disclosed <k_b0000>
Component:	kcmkdm	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description disclosed 2008-05-24 14:34:41 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.4)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

when changing the login manager behaviour from
System Settings -> Login manager (as root).
the changes never save, or it is not possible to remove the history from the login manager.

the login manager always shows a few users that have recently logged in.
is should be able to disable this type of history for security reasons.

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-05-24 14:51:48 UTC

"or" is most useless. please find out if other settings are saved. also, you did not say which setting you expect to change the behavior - you seem to be guessing, but don't say what.

Comment 2 disclosed 2008-05-25 09:45:45 UTC

let me know exactly which files contains the settings for the login manager.
when i know i will be able to check if it is written and what's in it.

Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-05-25 09:47:37 UTC

you *could* read the doc, you know ...
$prefix/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

Comment 4 disclosed 2008-05-25 10:46:33 UTC

well, it's not always easy to know the first time.
any way.

the content of /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc looks like the below,
userList is disabled but i can still see users whenever i log in.

are there any other files i should look into?



[General]
ConfigVersion=2.3
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3
ServerVTs=-7
StaticServers=:0

[Shutdown]
BootManager=None
HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff
RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot

[X-*-Core]
AllowShutdown=Root
AutoReLogin=false
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d
Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources
Session=/etc/kde/kdm/Xsession
SessionsDirs=/usr/share/xsessions,/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions,/etc/X11/dm/sessions
Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0

[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=true
BackgroundCfg=/etc/kde/kdm/backgroundrc
ColorScheme=Norway
EchoPasswd=true
FaceSource=PreferUser
FailFont=Abyssinica SIL,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
FocusPasswd=true
ForgingSeed=1108476160
GUIStyle=Oxygen
GreetFont=Abyssinica SIL,16,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Fedora 9 (Sulphur)
GreeterPos=50,50
HiddenUsers=root
Language=en_US
LogoArea=Logo
LogoPixmap=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
MaxShowUID=65530
MinShowUID=500
SelectedUsers=
ShowUsers=NotHidden
SortUsers=true
StdFont=Abyssinica SIL,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
Theme=/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/FedoraWaves
UseBackground=true
UseTheme=false
UserCompletion=false
UserList=false

[X-:*-Core]
AllowShutdown=All
NoPassEnable=false
NoPassUsers=
ServerArgsLocal=-br -nolisten tcp
ServerTimeout=30
TerminateServer=true

[X-:*-Greeter]
DefaultUser=
FocusPasswd=true
LoginMode=DefaultLocal
PreselectUser=None

[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginEnable=false
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=

[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling
Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess

Comment 5 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-05-25 11:31:55 UTC

your config does indeed disable everything related.
given that you are using a packaged kdm, that config might not be actually authoritative - some distributors play weird tricks. check kdm's command line with ps x. you might also be hit by a bug in a distributor-specific patch.

Comment 6 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-08-17 12:53:59 UTC

no followup => closing