Bug 241210

Summary:	kdm does not use $HOME/.face.icon
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Sebastian Vahl <fedora>
Component:	kdebase	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	kevin, rdieter
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Description Sebastian Vahl 2007-05-24 13:23:01 UTC

Description of problem:
When choosing another face with kcontrol kdm does not pick up this face and show
the default one instead.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdebase-3.5.6-12.fc7


How reproducible:
ever

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use "kcmshell userinfo" to choose antother face (will be saved as
$HOME/.face.icon)
2. make sure "FaceSource=PreferUser" is in /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc (this is the default)
3. logout or restart kdm
  
Actual results:
/usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face.icon is used

Expected results:
$HOME/.face.icon should be used instead


Additional info:
When deleting /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face.icon no face would be
shown at all. 
This also happens with different kdm themes like KuiX
(http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/KuiX?content=56650)

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2007-05-24 13:31:35 UTC

Wierd, I did just this yesterday, and ~/.face.icon WORKSFORME (kinda neat too).

Oh, wait, I *think* I did have to change perms on my home directory (added a+x),
lemme go check...

Comment 2 Sebastian Vahl 2007-05-24 13:46:58 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Oh, wait, I *think* I did have to change perms on my home directory (added a+x),
> lemme go check...

You're right. After changing permissions of the home directory to 755 it works.
In this bug report in kde bug tracker it is said, that the face.icon must be
readable by user "nobody": http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110797#c3

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2007-05-24 13:55:07 UTC

yep, that was it (confirmed).

Not sure if there's anything we can do about that kde-wise (I'm assuming kdm is
dropping root privledges?)  I wonder how gdm functions under similar conditions
of a permission contrained homedir?

Either way, NOTABUG?

Comment 4 Sebastian Vahl 2007-05-24 14:16:53 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> yep, that was it (confirmed).
> 
> Not sure if there's anything we can do about that kde-wise (I'm assuming kdm 
> is dropping root privledges?)  I wonder how gdm functions under similar 
> conditions of a permission contrained homedir?

Good question.

> Either way, NOTABUG?

Think so. but we should put a note in the release notes.

Comment 5 Rex Dieter 2017-01-27 15:35:05 UTC

clearing release note flag for old bug