*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 435930 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435930
My brother just lost several hours' worth of work because of this
"feature" of Ubuntu. Needless to say, the chances of him ever seriously
considering using Ubuntu in the future are now precisely zero. As you
can imagine, he was fairly vocal about what he thought of Ubuntu, and
quite frankly, I couldn't think of anything to say in Ubuntu's defense.
Why would "Linux For Human Beings" assume that anyone knew about this
behaviour? As it stands, this is nothing more than Ubuntu deleting your
files without asking and without warning.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982231
Title:
Guest session deletes user's files without warning on logout
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
That the guest session deletes all saved files is unexpected for the user.
Google a bit and you find many stories of users losing data because of this
[1].
There absolutely should be a warning on login and on logout that the files
will be deleted so the user has the chance to save to a thumb drive or dropbox
or whatever.
Again, when you google a bit you find tutorials doing exactly that [2].
[1]
http://billhensley.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/ubuntu-10-guest-accounts-and-persistence/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558808
[2]
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558808
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lightdm 1.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 15 13:12:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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