When trying to circumvent the lock on gnome with lightdm, it seems that the exploit only works when using gnome on X. The exploit does not seem to work when using gnome on wayland with lightdm.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1205384 Title: Lock can be circumvented by switching to console Status in LXDE: New Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: New Status in lxsession package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1)lock your screen using "dm-tool switch-to-greeter" or "dm-tool lock" 2)switch to console via ctrl+alt+F1 3)switch back to X via ctrl+alt+F7 Result: session is unlocked without entering a password Expected behaviour: session should still be locked when switching back to X ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: lightdm 1.7.7-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-5.15-generic 3.10.2 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-5-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jul 26 17:30:23 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-26 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130723.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxde/+bug/1205384/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
