Re: Xsession and login shells

["Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@cs.msu.su>]

> Marc Wilson wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>> > Xsession does not spawn a login shell.
>> 
>> Why should it?
> 
> * Because it provides the most user convenient way for the user to log
>   in and have their login environment.
> 
> * Because not doing so has been a long term problem for users.
> 
> * Because not doing so causes there to be a difference between logging
>   in with xdm versus logging in with ssh.

Note that *dm have their own Xsession files (e.g. /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession fro
kdm), that just source /etc/X11/Xsession.

I believe that dm-specific Xsessions should launch login shell.