gksu password prompt returns no error if password incorrect
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
When using update-manager, if an incorrect password is entered after clicking 'Check' or 'Install Updates', no error is given.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open update-manager
2. Click 'Check' or, if updates are available, 'Install Updates'
3. Enter an incorrect password when prompted.
4. Your action is cancelled with no notification that the password was incorrect.
This behaviour could cause users to believe, if checking, that no new updates are available, or if installing updates, that the system is unable to install the updates for reasons that refers from invalid credentials.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 11 09:23:50 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
This issue is occurring on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
This is an apparent regression from Ubuntu 9.10.