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kdebase-workspace package

kde lacks own pam file for screensaver

Bug #278842 reported by Joke de Buhr
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Harald Sitter

Bug Description

Release: Intrepid (devel)

KDE4 doesn't provide an own pam file for it's screensaver/screenlock component. Cause it's missing pam falls back to /etc/pam.d/others. If a user has a more restrictive /etc/pam.d/others than the default one (pam_deny.so) pam denies everything causing the kcheckpass component not being able to verify the password. the user can't login anymore.
KDE3 and Gnome both provide such a pam file and as far as I remember there had been one as I testet KDE4 from the PPA under hardy.

Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kdebase-workspace:
assignee: nobody → apachelogger
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdebase-workspace - 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu6

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kdebase-workspace (4:4.1.2-0ubuntu6) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Jonathan Thomas ]
  * Revert trunk changes to taskmanager.h includes in
    kubuntu_20_plasma_tooltips.diff.
  * Add taskmanager_exports.h to kdebase-workspace-dev.install.
  * Include the ToolTipManager includes/headers to libplasma-dev.install.

  [ Harald Sitter ]
  * Add pam files for kscreensaver and kcheckpass (LP: #278842)
  * Remove kubuntu_09_kickoff_favourites.diff in favor of kickoffrc in k-d-s

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:14:09 +0200

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Reporter of the duplicate bug still claims to have this issue in 0ubuntu8.

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: Fix Released → New
Harald Sitter (apachelogger)
Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: New → In Progress
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Joke de Buhr (joke) wrote :

strace of unlocking attempt:

stat("/etc/pam.d", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/pam.d/kde", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/pam.d/other", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=121, ...}) = 0

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdebase-workspace - 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu9

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kdebase-workspace (4:4.1.2-0ubuntu9) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Fix CMake variables for PAM (LP: #278842)

 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:41:10 +0200

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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