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Dan Hallgren (danha891) wrote :

When switching between users in ubuntu 12.10 using gdm a rather unpleasant behaviour can occur when a locked session unlocks without password authentication.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Login as user1 (password required)
2. Lock screen
3. Select login as other user
4. Login in user2 which does not require any password, e.g. guest
5. Logout user2
6. Screen returns to unlocked session for user1

It doesn't happen every time but rather frequently so I suspect some sort of race involved.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gdm 3.6.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.27-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 9 20:08:07 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-07 (32 days ago)