[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#655112: Bug#655112: [passwd] periodically log out after adding user to sudo group with usermod

[Alexander Gattin]

Hello,

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 06:57:27PM +0200, Shalom
Ben-Zvi wrote:
> then tried to add myself to sudo group:
> ~# usermod -G sudo shalom

In Debian you should use "adduser shalom sudo"
instead of usermod,

> since then I was periodically logged out of the
> gnome session without notice.

I never experienced logouts of X session before,
but bash session can automatically log you out
after period of inactivity, if envvar TMOUT is
defined (I had TMOUT issues on our HP-UX servers).

But I don't think it's related to your problem.
Most probably, something in gnome session is
rotten.

>  this is few line from the file /var/log/messages:
> Jan  8 18:42:29 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2456.532782] iwlagn  
> 0000:03:00.0: L1 Disabled; Enabling L0S
> Jan  8 18:42:29 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2456.593580]  
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> Jan  8 18:42:31 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2458.797088]  
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> Jan  8 18:43:16 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2504.313947] cfg80211: Calling  
> CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> Jan  8 18:43:30 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2517.526160] cfg80211: Calling  
> CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> Jan  8 18:44:15 shalom-laptop kernel: [ 2563.159895] cfg80211: Calling  
> CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> Jan  8 18:45:48 shalom-laptop pulseaudio[4677]: [pulseaudio] pid.c:  
> Stale PID file, overwriting.

I see that your WiFi link got lost? Maybe some
kind of NetworkManager tried to start something
that killed your session? Or tried to start
something missing from your installation (some NM
applet, for example)?

Probably it didn't even bother trying when you
were not member of sudo group?

-- 
With best regards,
xrgtn