Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as
current user (account has no password due to end user preference).
The end users in question want one click logins and to not remember
passwords. They might be convinced to use literal 'USB Keys' for login
if support existed, but that is beyond the scope of this bug.
When using passwd -d (account) to clear the password, sudo,
authentication (unlock root privileges) do not work; additionally as
root was given a password it should be a user that is allowed to
authenticate but there does not seem to be a way of entering that
account information (the user list is a drop-down only, no text input).
There are two related bugs here:
1) Unable to authenticate using the root account (when it has a password set)
2) Unable to authenticate using a normal user account (when it has no password)
If the above is intended and not accidental it should be selectable
(users should be able to do what they want even if it isn't smart)
and/or at minimum tell the user /why/ they can't do what they want and
help guide them to fixing it.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 17 14:50:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/users-admin
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha i386 (20091017)
Package: gnome-system-tools 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-system-tools
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:4789): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:4789): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4904): GLib-CRITICAL **:
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nautilus:4889): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion
`preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
(yelp:5011): Yelp-WARNING **: Failed to load config file: No such file or
directory
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Unable to authenticate as user 'root' (I have added a password) OR as current
user (account has no password due to end user preference)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454256
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