Automatically goes to 'switch user-ed' gnome root on logout
Bug #740629 reported by
Eric Nelson
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Mint |
Triaged
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| gdm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
1) Mint 10 Gnome (I also have LXDE/Openbox installed)
2) I logged in as root in a gnome session to install some software using synaptic. While the install was going, I switched to my everyday account while I waited. When I logged out to check on the installation, it skipped gdm and put me into the root gnome session.
3) See #2
4) I expected to go to gdm to log in to the waiting root session.
5) I reproduced it consistently (with and without synaptic running) logging out of gnome, lxde and openbox
| Changed in linuxmint: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote Bug is not a security issue | #1 |
| security vulnerability: | yes → no |
| visibility: | private → public |
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Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.