users with no password can't log in with gdm
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GST |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
|||
gdm |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
gdm (Baltix) |
Incomplete
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
gdm (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
pam (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
shadow (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
Steps to reproduce:
*Use the 'passwd -d <username>' command to have a user that is not protected with a password
*This user will be able to log in with in command line without being prompted to give a password, but will be unable to log in from gdm, because it waits for a password but it does not accept any (nor an empty one nor the old password) :(
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 10 00:59:41 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
Package: gnome-panel 2.18.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/tomi
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux szelltomi 2.6.20-14-generic #2 SMP Mon Apr 2 20:37:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in shadow (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in gst: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
Confirmed in gdm 2.18.0-0ubuntu4.
/var/log/auth.log provides insight. I tested this with a user account named peter. Results below on attempted GDM login...
Apr 9 23:59:04 khermans-laptop gdm[9757]: (pam_securetty) access denied: tty ':20' is not secure !
Apr 9 23:59:04 khermans-laptop gdm[9757]: (pam_securetty) access denied: tty ':20' is not secure !
Apr 9 23:59:04 khermans-laptop gdm[9757]: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:20 ruser= rhost= user=peter