Public bug reported:
I've observed a very odd behavior a couple of times now when unlocking
the screen. Basically, the password gets entered into the unlock dialog
and also goes to whatever the active application is. I've observed it
happen once when I typed the wrong password, and once with the right
password.
Since this isn't terribly clear, let me explain what happened. I was
running a chat client and had an IM window up. I walked away from the
computer for a few hours. I came back later and tried to unlock the
screen. On the first attempt I entered a different password on accident
(let's say I typed 'WrongPassword', followed by enter). On the second
attempt, I realized my error and entered the correct password. I got in,
but soon discovered that my first attempt went though to the IM window.
So I ended up IM'ing 'WrongPassword' to a friend (luckily this was
someone I trust). The timestamp on the IM lined up with the first login
attempt.
The second time I observed this, it was on the first password attempt (I
typed the right password this time). The difference here is that it only
picked up the last few characters from my password, and the active
application was a terminal window instead of an IM window.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64 and using GNOME3 (maybe that has
something to do with it?). I talked to a coworker who had experianced a
similar issue (also using GNOME3). I have a third system, also 12.04,
AMD64 with GNOME 3 which has not had the issue (this particular machine
gets locked and unlocked much more frequently).
Does anyone have any Ideas? I'd be happy to post hardware details if you
think they are relavent.
Thanks!
** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050462
Title:
Unlock screen sends password to active session
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I've observed a very odd behavior a couple of times now when unlocking
the screen. Basically, the password gets entered into the unlock
dialog and also goes to whatever the active application is. I've
observed it happen once when I typed the wrong password, and once with
the right password.
Since this isn't terribly clear, let me explain what happened. I was
running a chat client and had an IM window up. I walked away from the
computer for a few hours. I came back later and tried to unlock the
screen. On the first attempt I entered a different password on
accident (let's say I typed 'WrongPassword', followed by enter). On
the second attempt, I realized my error and entered the correct
password. I got in, but soon discovered that my first attempt went
though to the IM window. So I ended up IM'ing 'WrongPassword' to a
friend (luckily this was someone I trust). The timestamp on the IM
lined up with the first login attempt.
The second time I observed this, it was on the first password attempt
(I typed the right password this time). The difference here is that it
only picked up the last few characters from my password, and the
active application was a terminal window instead of an IM window.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64 and using GNOME3 (maybe that has
something to do with it?). I talked to a coworker who had experianced
a similar issue (also using GNOME3). I have a third system, also
12.04, AMD64 with GNOME 3 which has not had the issue (this particular
machine gets locked and unlocked much more frequently).
Does anyone have any Ideas? I'd be happy to post hardware details if
you think they are relavent.
Thanks!
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