LiveCD: default user password, lock screen problem
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bash (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Martin Pitt | ||
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Oliver Grawert |
Bug Description
I downloaded and tried the latest dapper liveCD.
I launched a terminal window and the text in the window said "To execute a command as root, run 'sudo <command>' and enter your password.". This is a problem because the user has just booted a liveCD and does not know his username or his password.
Also, in the System menu is an option to "Lock Screen", the mouseover message for this says "Protect your computer from unauthorized use". So I clicked on the Lock Screen menu item and sure enough my screen was locked! When I moved my mouse I was presented with a window that said "Ubuntu LiveCD User" with "ubuntu" in small text under that and a password prompt. I tried no password and also ubuntu as the password, neither was accepted.
Changed in base-passwd: | |
assignee: | nobody → tfheen |
Martin: perhaps bash can be fixed to avoid saying "and enter your password" if you have an empty password, as is the case on the live CD.
Tollef: this is another occurrence of the old bug that the screensaver doesn't get disabled on the live CD. I think this is probably already fixed in the not-yet-uploaded casper 1.29, though?