I took a stab at this in the noted branch. my glib is terrible and It looks like we need to do this twice in session-child.c?
** Branch linked: lp:~antarus/lightdm/bug1108518 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1108518 Title: lightdm should not rename() .xsession-errors, as it may be a symlink Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- desktop/lightdm/ubuntu/view/head:/src/session-child.c#L509 Lightdm calls rename() on the xsession-errors file. In our deployment many of our users have this file as a symlink. Their homedirectory is on NFS and it will quickly fill their quota with bogus messages. You should lstat() the file first. If it is a symlink, you can make a new file at the destination and update the link. I can supply a patch if you wish. antarus@goats5:/etc/X11/Xsession.d$ apt-cache policy lightdm lightdm: Installed: 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 Candidate: 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 Version table: DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS" DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 -A To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1108518/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
