** Changed in: likewise-open (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Triaged
** Changed in: likewise-open (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Wishlist
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gnome-screensaver should allow screen unlock even if account is locked out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404321
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It would be handy if it would at least tell a user that their account
was locked out. As is, I had a user change their password and forget
change their cached password in Evolution (or on their smartphone) and
they were locked out of their desktop whenever the screen saver kicked
in. They could
@Alex: could you provide a rationale for *why* it should ?
** Changed in: likewise-open (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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gnome-screensaver should allow screen unlock even if account is locked out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404321
You received this bug notification because you
Sure: so that a PC doesn't become totally unusable just because someone
entered the wrong password a few times somewhere else.
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gnome-screensaver should allow screen unlock even if account is locked out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404321
You received this bug notification because you are a
Well, it's not totally unusable since you can still switch to another
user. And there should be other users available if you're under a domain
setup. The whole account locking AD feature is buggy, since every
large AD domain user knows they can easily lock out someone else's
account.
I guess in
It's totally unusable to me, since I only have one AD account so
switching to another user isn't really viable.
Obviously there's the workaround of going to a console session as root
and killing gnome-screensaver, but that's just silly in my opinion.
Interesting that the microsoft support link
