Re: Bug#133578: gdm bug #133578. Intend to NMU.
Calum Mackay <calum.mackay@cdmnet.org> wrote:
> If /etc/environment is to be limited to PAM, shouldn't that be made
> clear in its name, or its comments?
> Mine contains:
> GDK_USE_XFT=1
> LANG=en_GB
> neither of which seem particular PAM-related.
[...]
Neither of which need to be.
/etc/environment is not some configuration file for mysthical PAM
internals but a place to set *arbitrary* environment variables for
all sessions using pam_env, including ssh, login, xdm, ...
cu andreas
--
NMUs aren't an insult, they're not an attack, and they're
not something to avoid or be ashamed of.
Anthony Towns in 2004-02 on debian-devel
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