GKsudo fails with incorrect password

[Jonathan Blackhall]

Binary package hint: sudo

When attempting to open Synaptic today, I accidentally typed in the wrong password. (I remembered after I typed it that it was wrong). GKsudo disappeared and never came back to prompt me for a second attempt. Also, Synaptic never opened (and the process wasn't running). I re-tried it again with the same result. When I attempted a 3rd time and typed the password correctly, Synaptic opened.

I would expect that GKsudo would prompt me again for a password if I typed in the wrong one, and once I typed in the right one that the application would open.

Ubuntu Lucid beta, 64-bit, almost completely up to date

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 28 01:22:06 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
Package: sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
SourcePackage: sudo
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64

[Jonathan Blackhall (johnny-one-eye)]

In case there was any question, this is still an issue with an up-to-date version of lucid

[Sean McColgan (mccolgst-gmail)]

This is reproduced under an up-to-date 32 bit desktop lucid. I feel like this bug was mentioned under a different ticket in #ubuntu-bugs, but I can't find the bug that was mentioned.

[Jonathan Blackhall (johnny-one-eye)]

I see that there is a similar description in bug 298217 (reported in 2008), however I think the bug in Lucid is a regression. I do not have this problem in an up-to-date Ubuntu 9.10. If I type in an incorrect password, a new screen comes up stating that I've entered an incorrect password and prompting me to try again. In Lucid, I don't get the second prompt. I will comment on the other bug report also.