Robert Ancell [2011-02-08  6:34 -0000]:
> This is actually non-trivial as gdmsetup is run as an unprivileged user
> and so wont necessarily be able to check ~/.ecryptfs/auto-mount.

Ah, ok. I thought that gdmsetup would talk to the gdm-binary D-BUS
service (which runs as root), but if it's not then..

>Would it be OK for GDM to instead check for this and just select the
>logged in user (i.e. prompt for a password) instead of logging in
>automatically?

... this sounds just fine as well.

Thanks!

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  gdmsetup: Don't offer autologin for ecryptfs users

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