Public bug reported:
How to reproduce the bug:
1) Install Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 (development branch), and as normal, create a
administrator user during the installation.
2) Open Gnome Control Center (also called System Settings), and open User
Accounts module.
3) Pick the only existent user (the Administrator user created in the
installation), click on Unlock and enter the user password to can do
administrative tasks.
4) Click on 'password' to configure password stuff for the current selected
user.
5) On 'Action' list box, select 'Log in without a password' and click 'Change'
to save the new configuration.
6) Log out (close user session) and Log in again, now you don't need to type
the user password to log in.
7) Now try to run some administrative task using sudo or pocicykit to
authenticate, they will ask you for your password but they won't accept your
old password and neither accept a blank (null) password. This happens also for
'User Accounts' module.
The result is: you cannot do administrative tasks now in Ubuntu.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.17-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 24 02:27:36 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120121)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
deja-dup 21.2-0ubuntu4
gnome-bluetooth 3.2.1-1ubuntu3
indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu4
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: accounts apport-bug gnome i386 oneiric precise running-unity user
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'User Accounts' module can break the system administrator account
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