gdm and missing home directories

[Jack Neely <jjneely pams ncsu edu>]

Hi,

For several releases now (I think since 8.0) gdm has popped up this cute
dialog box if your home directory didn't exist asking if you would like
to log in with / as your home directory.  You can click on Yes, you can
click on No but you always just get the gdm screen asking you to enter
your username.  It doesn't fail...it just doesn't work.

See bug #77354
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103258

In Gnome's bugzilla the PostLogin stuff is mentioned but I'm not sure if
even the gdm in Severn supports that feature.  

Does anyone know of a way I can make this work?  Ideally, I would like
to use mktemp to create a temp home dir instead of just using /.  The
situation is the mentality that if your fileserver is down you should
still be able to take an online test, surf the web, check your webmail,
etc.  (Which I see nothing wrong with.)

Jack Neely

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Linux Realm Kit Administration and Development 
PAMS Computer Operations at NC State University
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