Guest session asks for a password after switching users
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When I switch back to an already open guest session from my user account, I find that the guest session is locked and it asks for the Guest password (which obviously there isn't because it's a guest session!).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 10 09:54:55 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors: (compiz:1719): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_
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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
Package: lightdm 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
PackageArchitec
ProcVersionSign
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
| Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote : | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote : | #2 |
| affects: | gnome-session (Ubuntu) → lightdm (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → New |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #4 |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
| Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
apport information
| tags: | added: apport-collected running-unity |
| description: | updated |
apport information
| Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote : | #8 |
| Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote : | #9 |
Is this bug going to be fixed? It's very annoying. Here is another .xsession-errors file.
| Micha B (micha-ubuntu) wrote : | #10 |
Workaround (if you're root, not suitable for the guest):
Switch to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1), login as user, su -, passwd guest -> choose a valid password, exit console, switch back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7).
| Givrix (geoffrey-mosini) wrote : | #11 |
It still affects Trusty 14.04
I ran into this bug while switching to the guest session, back to the user and again back to the guest.
I thought I was stuck on this guest login screen as all functions are inactive on this screen, it only lets you type a password.
But it's possible to switch back to the user login screen using (ctrl-alt-f7) as the guest session is opened in a secondary X server (ctrl-alt-f8).
| Givrix (geoffrey-mosini) wrote : | #12 |
The user is no more guest as said by Micha B. So to unlock the guest session go to a terminal, use the command "users" to get the name of guest in the shape guest-######. Then "sudo passwd guest-######" to affect a password.
| Serhiy Zahoriya (xintx-ua) wrote : | #13 |
Affects Kubuntu 14.10
| summary: |
- Guest session asks for password when switch back to it + Guest session asks for a password after switching users |
| slowtrain (pmuhl830) wrote : | #14 |
Same problem in Xenial 16.04, running kernel 4.4.0-47 and also upstream kernel 4.7.10. I can get back into the guest session once without problems, but when I suspend and restart, the guest session demands a password. Trying to switch users back into guest opens a new instance of guest.
Thank you for your bug report, could you log into a guess session and add your .xsession-errors from that session to the bug?