light-locker doesn't handle the authentication. This is handled by lightdm. What happens it this: light-locker send a lock signal to lightdm. lightdm spawns a new X server and starts a lightm greeter in it. lightdm with the greeter as user interface handle the pam authentication.
** Package changed: light-locker (Ubuntu) => lightdm (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310104 Title: Light locker interacts badly with fingerprint authentication To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1310104/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs