GDM Greeter

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 00:40 -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:
> Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:27 -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:
> > 
> >>>> 2) I can't seem to configure my "face" image. Putting a ".face" graphic 
> >>>> in my home directory doesn't work, nor does configuring image with 
> >>>> System->Preferences->Personal->About Me.
> >>> What permissions do you have on your home directory ? 
> >> The default, created by system-config-users: drwx------
> >> And, .face has: -rw-r--r--
> >>
> >> This might not be correct for use with gdm, but at the very least, 
> >> configuring with "About Me" utility should just work by default by 
> >> setting the right permissions or prompting if permissions are not correct?
> > 
> > Possibly. Although the 'bad surprise' factor is pretty big if some
> > random capplet starts messing with your home direcory. It might be
> > better to store the faces somewhere else.
> 
> I think storing faces elsewhere is a good idea...
> 
> Perhaps the simplest idea, though, is to have gnome-about-me ask the
> user if they'd like to modify home directory permissions to show face on
> desktop, so at least, there's no surprises.

I'm just curious.  Where would you store them (other than the home
directory) that would remain during updates.


R.
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