2008/3/8, Ted Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 12:43 +0000, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > > Can't the check to mount overflow tmp just be added to gdm each time it > > restarts? > > > Well, not directly. GDM runs as the gdm user, and so wouldn't have root > permissions. Now, if there were a set uid script that did this, that > could do it. > > I guess the question is whether it's worth moving this from an init > script to a patch for GDM with a set uid script that did the mounting. > That way when GDM sees the out of disk space condition, it would then > fix it by doing the mount overflow. I wouldn't see any harm in that, > assuming there was a reasonable security audit. > > > -- > Unable to login when disk space is exhausted > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35217 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. >
I don't know much about programming but i can imagine that "system" should keep some disk space or something, "untouchable" by a simple user just for the login process... -- Unable to login when disk space is exhausted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35217 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs