bug#37423: Changing the login service from GDM to SLiM and then back to GDM causes a really bad loop

[Jan]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:45:58 -0400
Timothy Sample <address@hidden> wrote:

> Could this be the same issue as <https://bugs.gnu.org/36508>?  In
> short, Guix doesn’t guarantee that the “gdm” user will have the same
> UID if it gets deleted and recreated (which happens when you remove
> the GDM service and add it again).  You can fix this by ensuring the
> owner of the files under “/var/lib/gdm” is the current “gdm” user.
> 
> 
> -- Tim

Yes, this seems to be the same issue. I'll try the solution, but it
needs to be fixed anyway. Hope someone works on that.
Thanks for help!


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Jan