Humm, this doesn't seem to actually work in unity7 either.. Perhaps I was just looking at the lock screen? I think this would end up being a feature request if it is something we want to implement, but its not really a bug at this time.
** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539320 Title: Unity8 desktop greeter doesn't use the selected user's wallpaper Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install unity8-greeter 2. Change <users>'s wallpaper 3. Restart lightdm 4. Select <user> in the greeter Expected behavior: wallpaper changes to match <user>'s session wallpaper Actual behavior: default wallpaper is displayed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1539320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp