bad login bug

[alphaace]

Hi,

It seems that in LXDE, when the screen locks, I can unlock the computer with my root password (even though the username is a regular user)!

I thought this would be kind of bad...

[Neal ManBear]

Root has system access/authority, even over user accounts.

[Bald Brick]

Root has system access/authority, even over user accounts.

Yes, and that's how it should be. But to unlock the screen in KDE you have to give the password of the current user, not root. (I just managed to lock up my computer completely trying to test it and had to resort to the magic SysRq key combinations.) I'm not saying that KDE is right and LXDE is wrong, but the difference is interesting.

[uncleV]

Just tried it for the first time on LXDE.
It demands user password here this way:

User:            uncleV
Password:      _ _ _ _

[uncleV]

(I just managed to lock up my computer completely trying to test it and had to resort to the magic SysRq key combinations.)

I've forgotten them.
Would you kindly remind me which are they and when and how work?

[Bald Brick]

(I just managed to lock up my computer completely trying to test it and had to resort to the magic SysRq key combinations.)

I've forgotten them.
Would you kindly remind me which are they and when and how work?

For a general explanation see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

For the easiest way of entering the keys:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,60813.msg490036.html#msg490036

For a discussion about different ways of entering them (and other ways of killing your desktop), see the whole thread:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,60813.msg489935.html#msg489935

[uncleV]

Thank you very much, Sir!
(should do the search for myself... )