Hi, I'm affected too and would like to provide some additional information:
I suspect this bug is not caused by _how often_ pam_mount is called but rather a mixup of the user it is run under. When running sudoedit, before the editor component is started, pam_mount always tries to mount the partition. So while the editor is shown, the partition is always mounted. Either because it has been mounted before or because it got mounted here. pam_mount also increases the login-count of the normal user (not root!) issuing the sudoedit command. After you close the editor pam_mount decreases the login count for root (not the above user!) and as there are no counted logins for root, it always decides to unmount the partition. So after sudoedit is finished the partition is always unmounted regardless of its state before running sudoedit. So after using sudoedit for the first time after kdm/whatever login the mount is gone. It seems to me, sudoedit is opening a new session for user $USER but then closing one for user "root". See the following log produced with pam_mount debugging enabled: [BEGIN OF LOG] USER@USER:~$ cat /var/run/pam_mount/USER 0x3 USER@USER:~$ LC_ALL=C sudoedit foo [sudo] password for USER: pam_mount(pam_mount.c:364): pam_mount 2.10: entering auth stage pam_mount(pam_mount.c:553): pam_mount 2.10: entering session stage pam_mount(misc.c:38): Session open: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(mount.c:218): Mount info: globalconf, user=USER <volume fstype="crypt" server="(null)" path="/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_OF_LUKS_PARTITION" mountpoint="/media/data" cipher="(null)" fskeypath="(null)" fskeycipher="(null)" fskeyhash="(null)" options="fsck,acl,user_xattr,relatime" /> fstab=0 ssh=0 command: 'mount' '-t' 'crypt' '-ofsck,acl,user_xattr,relatime' '/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_OF_LUKS_PARTITION' '/media/data' pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<pre>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<post>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) [... pam_mount(misc.c:380): ... [List of all previously active mounts ...] [the newly mounted partition:] pam_mount(misc.c:380): 21 20 252:5 / /media/data rw,relatime - ext4 /dev/mapper/_dev_dm_2 rw,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'USER' '-o' '1' pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<pre>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<post>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pmvarrun(pmvarrun.c:252): parsed count value 3 pam_mount(pam_mount.c:440): pmvarrun says login count is 4 pam_mount(pam_mount.c:645): done opening session (ret=0) Processing '/etc/joe/editorrc'...Processing '/etc/joe/ftyperc'...done done [... editor opens. close it without saving ...] File /var/tmp/foo.XXOuqivj not changed so no update needed pam_mount(pam_mount.c:691): received order to close things pam_mount(misc.c:38): Session close: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'root' '-o' '-1' pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<pre>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<post>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pmvarrun(pmvarrun.c:252): parsed count value 0 pam_mount(pam_mount.c:438): error reading login count from pmvarrun pam_mount(mount.c:749): going to unmount pam_mount(mount.c:218): Mount info: globalconf, user=USER <volume fstype="crypt" server="(null)" path="/dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID_OF_LUKS_PARTITION" mountpoint="/media/data" cipher="(null)" fskeypath="(null)" fskeycipher="(null)" fskeyhash="(null)" options="fsck,acl,user_xattr,relatime" /> fstab=0 ssh=0 command: 'pmt-ofl' '-k0' '/media/data' command: 'umount' '/media/data' pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<pre>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(misc.c:38): set_myuid<post>: (ruid/rgid=0/2000, e=0/2000) pam_mount(pam_mount.c:728): pam_mount execution complete pam_mount(pam_mount.c:115): Clean global config (1073741824) pam_mount(pam_mount.c:132): clean system authtok=0x14bbd70 (1073741824) sudoedit: foo unchanged USER@USER:~$ cat /var/run/pam_mount/USER 0x4 [END OF LOG] One can see that "pmvarrun" is run with different user names before and after the editor. By the way: Whether sudoedit is called for the first time requiring a password or with cached password does not change anything, except for the prompt "reenter password for pam_mount:" instead of the sudo password prompt right at the start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996806 Title: sudoedit triggers pam_mount to enquire the password of the encrypted partition, trying to mount it and later to umount it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/user-mounts/+bug/996806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
