[Dx-packages] [Bug 1263438] Re: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user
** Changed in: indicator-session Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: indicator-session Status: New = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-session in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263438 Title: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user Status in The Session Menu: Triaged Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In the policykit sense, an active user is one that is using a physical console, and so has rights to shutdown the system etc. Remote users, like NX users, LTSP users, XDMCP users, or users that use X+VNC scripts to remotely log in, are correctly not considered active, and thus don't have some privileges like shutting down the system. The problem is that indicator-session is using the policykit meaning of the word active, instead of checking for currently logged in and working users, i.e. it thinks that only one user can be working on a PC at a given time. From src/backend-dbus/users.c, line 593: ret-is_current_user = uid == p-active_uid; So if I'm logged in from a thin client, or via NX, or via XDMCP etc etc, indicator-session doesn't match the uid of its own process to tell me who I am, but just relies on the matching of the active user. Thus I can't see my username if I enable show-real-name-on-panel, I don't see the dot that means current user in the menu's user list etc. A solution would be to use getuid() in the code above. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/1263438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1263438] Re: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-session in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263438 Title: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user Status in The Session Menu: New Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In the policykit sense, an active user is one that is using a physical console, and so has rights to shutdown the system etc. Remote users, like NX users, LTSP users, XDMCP users, or users that use X+VNC scripts to remotely log in, are correctly not considered active, and thus don't have some privileges like shutting down the system. The problem is that indicator-session is using the policykit meaning of the word active, instead of checking for currently logged in and working users, i.e. it thinks that only one user can be working on a PC at a given time. From src/backend-dbus/users.c, line 593: ret-is_current_user = uid == p-active_uid; So if I'm logged in from a thin client, or via NX, or via XDMCP etc etc, indicator-session doesn't match the uid of its own process to tell me who I am, but just relies on the matching of the active user. Thus I can't see my username if I enable show-real-name-on-panel, I don't see the dot that means current user in the menu's user list etc. A solution would be to use getuid() in the code above. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/1263438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 1263438] Re: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user
** Also affects: indicator-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-session in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263438 Title: Indicator-session assumes there's only one active user Status in The Session Menu: New Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In the policykit sense, an active user is one that is using a physical console, and so has rights to shutdown the system etc. Remote users, like NX users, LTSP users, XDMCP users, or users that use X+VNC scripts to remotely log in, are correctly not considered active, and thus don't have some privileges like shutting down the system. The problem is that indicator-session is using the policykit meaning of the word active, instead of checking for currently logged in and working users, i.e. it thinks that only one user can be working on a PC at a given time. From src/backend-dbus/users.c, line 593: ret-is_current_user = uid == p-active_uid; So if I'm logged in from a thin client, or via NX, or via XDMCP etc etc, indicator-session doesn't match the uid of its own process to tell me who I am, but just relies on the matching of the active user. Thus I can't see my username if I enable show-real-name-on-panel, I don't see the dot that means current user in the menu's user list etc. A solution would be to use getuid() in the code above. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/1263438/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
