Ubuntu
gdm package

Logging off user causes immediate re-login

Bug #406084 reported by Richard Cavell
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gdm (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

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I am on Karmic alpha 3 with all updates applied.

I select "Log off username..." from the System menu. The computer correctly logs off and shuts down services etc. Now, it then immediately logs in again as that same user. It does not give me a login window, does not request a password, and so on.

Normally I only have one user (me) and root on my system. I tried creating a second user just to see if it made a difference. It doesn't. I'm marking it as a security issue because if a user uses this menu item expecting correct behaviour, it could give someone else access to his or her files.

Richard

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Richard Cavell (richardcavell) wrote :
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Richard Cavell (richardcavell) wrote : apport-collect data

Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

tags: added: apport-collected
Richard Cavell (richardcavell)
visibility: private → public
Philip Muškovac (yofel)
affects: ubuntu → gdm (Ubuntu)
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
security vulnerability: yes → no
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