Bug 135181 - KDM cannot read user face pictures
Summary: KDM cannot read user face pictures
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 110797
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-10-06 09:07 UTC by Artem S. Tashkinov
Modified: 2008-05-19 17:30 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Attachments
Add an attachment

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Artem S. Tashkinov 2006-10-06 09:07:30 UTC 
Version:           3.5.4 (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          GCC 4.1.1 vanilla
OS:                Linux

KDM cannot read user face pictures on my system and here's a strace log of that:

5788  open("/home/artem/.face.icon", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
5788  open("/home/artem/.face", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
5788  open("/home/guest/.face.icon", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
5788  open("/home/guest/.face", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)

My home dirs permissions are set to 700, only if I set them to 701 then KDM works (and I don't like such a solution). 

This bug is related to bug number 110797 but I cannot understand how the latter was resolved.
Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2006-10-07 12:27:14 UTC 
the resolution is that you can choose between a liberal permission setup and administratively assigned pictures. anything else does not make sense from a security point of view.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 110797 ***