> But a password field should always be shown by the unlock screen, regardless of the authentication backend.
No. For example, if smart card authentication is in use, the PIN entry field should not be shown until and unless the smart card is inserted in the reader. If challenge-response authentication is in use, it would incorrect to display the response field until the user ID has been entered and a challenge presented. There are a number of scenarios in which it is just wrong to present a password field. It is correct for the Unity lock screen to not always displaying a password entry field when it has not been instructed to do so by the underlying auth mech. Any authentication dialog that does so, and actually authenticates the user as a result, possibly has a critical security vulnerability. It would be a good idea to audit your local authentication setup if you are seeing this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311316 Title: After locking screen there is no input field to type password for unlock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1311316/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
