GDM allows root logins
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a password for root
2) Logout
3) Login as root
Now, previous versions of Ubuntu prevented a graphical root login in GDM, and I see no reason why this should differ in the new versions.
There has always been a strict setup against graphical root logins, and it seems strange they are now but trivial.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: d6517d529af25e3
CheckboxSystem: 669b662da410063
Date: Tue Nov 17 17:05:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: gdm
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(nautilus:7650): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
(polkit-
Thankfully, the fix is trivial too:
Add the following to /etc/pam.d/gdm
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Patch for the debian build attached.
Regards
Iain