Bug 1412608

Summary:	gdm autologin does not set /etc/environment variables
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Christian Klomp <christianklomp>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	25	CC:	emmanuel.touzery, rstrode
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Description Christian Klomp 2017-01-12 12:32:52 UTC

Description of problem:
Using gdm to automatically login a user results in environment variables from /etc/environment not being set. To make gdm set these variables it is necessary to manually login. This happens both with Wayland and Xorg sessions.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
- gdm-3.22.1-1.fc25.x86_64
- systemd-231-10.fc25.x86_64

How reproducible:
Configure some environment variables in /etc/environment and enable gdm autologin. Then check the environment after an autologin and a subsequent manual login.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. add variable to /etc/environment: echo TESTVAR=test >> /etc/environment
2. enable gdm autologin manually in /etc/gdm/custom.conf or via gnome-control-center
3. reboot and check environment: env | grep test
4. log out and in, check environment again

Actual results:
Variable is not set in automatic login session but is set after logging in manually.

Expected results:
Variables from /etc/environment should also be set during automatic login.

Additional info:
- Environment variables set via systemd drop-in files are set correctly in the autologin session. I.e. setting variables via systemctl edit user works as expected (but this needs to be done for each user separately or hardcoded in the service file since overriding via user@.service without a uid doesn't seem to be working).

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