Ubuntu
gdm-guest-session package

Guest session should get a fixed high UID/GID

Bug #308427 reported by gw0
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gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm-guest-session

I noticed that the guest-session user gets assigned UID/GID values that are usually used by daemons (above 100) and because the user entry gets removed after the session closes any leftover files (eg. in /tmp) would just confuse the administrator. When the next daemon is installed it would seem like the leftover files are from him.

Therefore I suggest that the guest-session account always gets the same and high UID/GID (something like the "nobody" user). Eg.: UID=65534, GID=65534.

Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)
Changed in gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Note the Debian policy on UIDs in in section 9.2.2 here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html

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Alex Muntada (alex.muntada) wrote :

The fact that i'm using etckeeper makes things even worse: changes in /etc remain untracked unless i explicitly commit those changes after each guest session, which is obviously a PITA.

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