** Changed in: gst
Importance: Unknown = Medium
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[users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed by running
about-me
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490093
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Hi,
Same at UNR Karmic. I just added it.
** Also affects: netbook-remix
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed by running
about-me
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490093
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UNE is using the same component than GNOME for that. No special action
has to be taken down in UNE side, only fix in gnome-about-me is needed.
** Changed in: netbook-remix
Status: New = Invalid
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[users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed by running
about-me
It's a little late to fix this for Karmic, it should have been done
months ago. For now, best answer is upgrade to Lucid, since it's a
LTS.
The fix wouldn't be very complex. We should close the user settings
dialog when user clicks on the Change password button. I can post a
patch, if a core dev
Since Canonical offers support for Karmic until April 2011, I don't
think they have the choice but to fix things of this importance.
Upgrading to Lucid right away is not a very good idea for most users
either, since it's gonna bring with it a truckload of new bugs, as
happens with each release,
Are you going to fix this for Karmic?
This bug is not so bad for users that have the time and skills to find
and apply the workaround, but for the vast majority of users it's a
horrible security risk. I have a friend who accidentally typed his
password in a high-traffic chat room because the
** Summary changed:
- [users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed using
about-me
+ [users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed by
running about-me
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #612812
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612812
