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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: revamping the kdm login greeter
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-02-17 14:42:46
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On Sunday 17 February 2002 15:05, Andy Goossens wrote:
> It isn't that hard:
> Kdm is run by 'root'. Root has access to all home dirs on the system.
>
that's a wrong assumption. many networked file systems "squash" root, so =
he
is about as mighty as nobody.
also, the user's home might not be mounted at all at the time.
so i think we need a combined handling (first look in ~<user> (if configu=
red)
and in case of failure go the current way).

greetings
 
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