Bug#274529: marked as done (gdm: Root password always requested,
even when unsecured)
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From: Tim Day <timday@bottlenose.demon.co.uk>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gdm: Root password always requested, even when unsecured
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.4-1
Severity: normal
>From the gdm "Actions" menu, selecting "Configure Login Manager"
always asks for the root password, even though I've unticked
the "secure actions menu" on the "security" tab.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups
ii debconf 1.4.30.5 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii gksu 1.2.1-1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session 2.6.2-5 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-termina 2.6.1-6 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii konsole [x-terminal-emula 4:3.2.2-1 KDE X terminal emulator
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.6.1-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 2.4.16-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-4 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.6.2-6 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.6.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcroco3 0.6.0-2 a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii libesd0 0.2.29-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libgconf2-4 2.6.4-2 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.0-1 Library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.6-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.2.1-3 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.6.1.2-2 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.6.1.1-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.6.1.1-4 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.6.2-2 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-7 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error values an
ii libgsf-1 1.10.1-1 Structured File Library - runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.4.10-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.4.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-2 2.7.2-5 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 1.16-2 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.10-3 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-6 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxml2 2.6.11-3 GNOME XML library
ii metacity [x-window-manage 1:2.8.1-4 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulato 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-7 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
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From: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
To: Tim Day <timday@bottlenose.demon.co.uk>,
274529-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#274529: gdm: Root password always requested, even when unsecured
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On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 03:30:35PM +0100, Tim Day wrote:
> >From the gdm "Actions" menu, selecting "Configure Login Manager"
> always asks for the root password, even though I've unticked
> the "secure actions menu" on the "security" tab.
Yes, this is correct behaviour. The settings are always protected by
the root password.
--=20
Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org)
The opinions expressed here are my own.
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