It is unlocking the screen when I type my password when caps lock is on

[Abhijit Borade]

Screen locking issue. It is unlocking the screen when I type my password when the caps lock is on. Does not matter whether I am typing my password in full caps or full small letters. It just gets me in. But it does not let me in when the password is wrong.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-8ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-10.11-generic 5.2.4
Uname: Linux 5.2.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Aug 28 09:48:00 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-21 (279 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Symptom: security
Title: Screen locking issue
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Hello Abhijit,

I can't spot any code in the gnome-screensaver package that would do this.

I did see a label that indicates when capslock is on, because users often cannot login when they accidentally turn on capslock.

I also wasn't able to find any PAM configurations that do this, but perhaps you have a PAM module installed that I didn't inspect.

What does your PAM configuration look like? (probably /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver and whatever configurations are included.)

Thanks

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Hi,

Are you able to reproduce this with a freshly installed Ubuntu?

Thanks!

[Abhijit Borade (abhijit-am)]

Hi,

I am not able to reproduce this bug on other Ubuntu installed PC.

It seems like this issue is not related to gnome-screensaver. Because I
have a weird problem when I type in.

When *Caps Lock is ON*, it types Capital Letters. Also if I *press Shift
keeping Caps Lock ON*, it still types capital letters where it should type
small letters. It works normally when *Caps Lock is OFF*.

I tried typing the password in Capitals Letters keeping *Caps Lock OFF*. It
did not allow me through.

Thank You.

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:45 PM Marc Deslauriers <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Are you able to reproduce this with a freshly installed Ubuntu?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ** Package changed: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) => gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841713
>
> Title:
> It is unlocking the screen when I type my password when caps lock is
> on
>
> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Screen locking issue. It is unlocking the screen when I type my
> password when the caps lock is on. Does not matter whether I am typing
> my password in full caps or full small letters. It just gets me in.
> But it does not let me in when the password is wrong.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
> Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-8ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-10.11-generic 5.2.4
> Uname: Linux 5.2.0-10-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Wed Aug 28 09:48:00 2019
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-21 (279 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
> Symptom: security
> Title: Screen locking issue
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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[Mark Morlino (markmorlino)]

Hi,

Thank you for responding. I am sorry that you are having this issue on your system. We are unable to reproduce the problem at this time so I am closing this bug since there is currently no action for us to take. Please feel free to report it again if you encounter it again on a fresh install of ubuntu.

Thanks!