[LightDM] Version 0.9.6 released

Robert Ancell robert.ancell at gmail.com
Thu Sep 15 00:42:04 PDT 2011


Overview of changes in lightdm 0.9.6

    * Only unlock displays if switched to from greeter
    * Make log file not system readable
    * Write ~/.Xauthority inside the session process so it cannot be hijacked
    * Set PAM_TTY and PAM_XDISPLAY when opening PAM session
    * Add VNC server support
    * Do not write ~/.dmrc and ~/.Xauthority as root. [CVE-2011-3349]


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