On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:22:33 -0000 Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimi...@club.fr> wrote:
> So thanks for providing the details now. This bug was not Triaged, it > was merely Confirmed. Sure, you had in mind the details, but nobody else > did. So, what was not mentioned in the report or the comments is: > changing your password does not allow you to authenticate via sudo. > > You're really not helping the reporter nor Xubuntu in general by > preventing anybody to mark bugs as Incomplete. How do you know it's a > problem in users-admin? Isn't that a sudo or PAM issue? Is it happening > because the system-tools-backends use usermod to set the password > instead of passwd? Finding the right package is the first step, else > nobody will notice the report. And that's absolutely unrelated to > GNOME/Xfce flamewars. > > BTW I'm not triaging bugs ATM, I'm fixing them, which requires > information to write patches. If you realized the debugging needed, I > could fix it *even if* I'm supposedly working in upstream GNOME and > despising Xfce people. > Thank you. I do realize the debugging needed. I also realize how many bugs here get closed by individuals meaning to do good without knowing what harm they are doing. As Quality Assurance Lead for Xubuntu, I tend to keep a close watch on the bugs. I also try to work closely with developers to get the information they need. I apologize if I mis-stepped here. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Changing your password does not take effect before session is restarted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
