** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #21031 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21031
** Also affects: policykit via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21031 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: policykit + the authentication dialog will sometimes hang. + + In particular it hangs if your password is about to expire, in which + case pam will send a message. + + This message is sent as PAM_AUTH_INFO from polkit-grant-helper-pam, + and relayed by polkit-grant-helper. It is then passed on to the authentication + agent by polkit-grant. polkit-grant doesn't allow the agent to respond to + these, and so it proceeds to wait for the next line of the conversation. + However, polkit-grant-helper is waiting for a response to this, as it does + for everything sent by the child, but it is never going to get one, and doesn't + even need to bother, as polkit-grant-helper-pam isn't expecting one. + + It seems to me that there are two ways to fix this. Either have + polkit-grant-helper inspect the messages and know which get responses + (duplicating some logic), or have everything get a response, and have + polkit-grant-helper-pam wait for the empty responses. + + === Original report: Hi all, I've configured my system with kerberos password authentication (since my machine is inside an AD domain). With sudo/gksudo no problems at all, but when using a policykit unlock dialog (like in user-admin), typing my kerberos password results in a freezed window. -- Deadlock when PAM_TEXT_INFO is used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
