reassign -1 lightdm 1.18.3-1
retitle -1 Screensaver lock can be skipped using lightdm autologin feature

Hi,

On 2017-02-06 10:25, Ivar Smolin wrote:
If user locks the screen with cinnamon-screensaver, the password dialog
can be skipped if lightdm autologin feature is enabled.

I've verified that this is exactly the same if the user uses the KDE screensaver, so I'm reassigning the bug to lightdm.

Scenario:
1. Lock the screen
2. Use "Switch users" button to activate the lightdm screen
3. Wait until lightdm autologin timeout is over
4. User desktop is activated

While I understand that this might be confusing and not what the user expects (in some very specific situations), I don't think this is a "security" bug. It seems to me that this is basically working as intended, and that changing the behavior is a feature request to allow very specific usecases (i.e. not having to type 2 passwords if your disk is encrypted or having a session start automatically and then get locked automatically).

Still, I'll let the lightdm maintainers decide on that.

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Regards,
Marga

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