** Changed in: gdm Status: New => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34795
Title: "authentication failed" on "switch user" with timed login Status in gdm: Expired Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Firstly, I am using a Hoary -> Breezy -> Dapper dist-upgraded dapper. I setup a timed login (5 sec.) for a user. When that user is logged in already, the "new login" or "switch user" dialog opens up a new gdm in vt8. Naturally, it tries to do the timed login again (question: is this wanted if this user is logged in already?). It fails to do so with the following error: "Authentication failed. Letters must be typed in the correct case" I do not know whether the auto-login is supposed to be performed anyway when $user is logged in already. But i do feel that this error- message is the wrong one. Moreover, this results in a failed login every five seconds for me, which looks quite bad in my logfiles :-P Maybe it is an idea to do a check whether a user for whom the timed login is setup is already logged in? Or to not allow timed-logins on gdm-sessions started with the "switch user" dialog? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/34795/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp