Public bug reported: When running ubuntu-bug manually through an SSH session, without recently using sudo, this happened:
ryan@nibbler:~$ ubuntu-bug linux-image-server *** Collecting problem information The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the application. This might take a few minutes. .......[sudo] password for ryan: ......................... At that point, I cancelled, since I was not sure if it was sudo itself or another process that has control of readline. Running a trivial sudo command ("sudo ls") then re-running ubuntu-bug prevented this from happening again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: apport 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportLog: ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CrashReports: 640:7:109:543779:2012-03-04 19:34:18.161796990 -0800:2012-03-04 19:34:17.409796966 -0800:/var/crash/_usr_lib_cups_filter_pdftoraster.7.crash Date: Fri Mar 9 09:36:41 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120229) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950990 Title: ubuntu-bug asks for sudo password midway through collection To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/950990/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs