Spurious 'Invalid password' message when switching users
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lightdm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
~$ apt-cache policy lightdm
lightdm:
Installed: 1.10.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.10.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.10.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1.
500 http://
3) What you expected to happen
When switching users and entering the correct password no 'Invalid password' message should be displayed.
4) What happened instead
When switching from one user to another after entering the password, I intermittently (although more often than not) get the 'Invalid password' message briefly before being taken to the desktop. Just to clarify, the correct password is being entered and the user is being taken to the desktop so this is really just an inconvenience.
Also, I noticed that it is no longer possible to use the keyboard sequence Alt+W when the lock screen is on to switch users since upgrading to 14.04 - there doesn't seem to be a way to switch users using the keyboard from the lock screen in 14.04. Not sure what the proper channel is to address this.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: lightdm 1.10.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jul 5 20:01:02 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/lightdm
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-25 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Ray DeCampo (rdecampo) wrote | #1 |
