Can't elevate privledges on administrative tasks
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GTK+ |
Fix Released
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Medium
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gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
libgksu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Michael Vogt | ||
Bug Description
using sudo from terminal works, gksu/gksudo fails to accept correct password.
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Binary package hint: gksu
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
After updates this morning, any task that prompts for an administrative password "enter your password to perform administrative tasks" ((ex. Update Manager) is not accepting my password and responds with "Incorrect password... try again"
I changed my password and still get the same results. Launching the programs from an already elevated shell lets me use them normally as they no longer ask for a password.
To reproduce on my system.
1. Open terminal and run "gksudo gedit"
2. Enter Password
3. Receive "incorrect password" message
Would expect password to be accepted.
Related branches
Changed in gksu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in gksu (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
affects: | gksu (Ubuntu) → libgksu (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gtk: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gtk: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in gtk: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.
I am attaching several log reports; syslog gives the following error: kit-daemon[ 3412]: WARNING: Couldn't read /proc/3411/environ: Failed to open file '/proc/ 3411/environ' : No such file or directory ". gtk-module" : /usr/lib/ gtk-2.0/ modules/ libcanberra- gtk-module. so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64" also.
"Jul 13 09:24:58 wecan console-
~/.xsessions-error log gives me "Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-
I don't know if it applies or not. Also attaching the dpkg.log from today's updates, and auth.log which shows the failed password attempts. I can enter the password using 'sudo' and have it accepted.
I am marking this as a security risk, since I don't know what the actual effects of this issue are.
Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!