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Bug 574338 - gdm doesn't display PAM_ERROR_MSG errors
gdm doesn't display PAM_ERROR_MSG errors
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.25.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-06 03:23 UTC by David Liang
Modified: 2009-07-15 18:33 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26

Attachments
add the err message to the problem-label (5.23 KB, patch)
2009-03-06 03:24 UTC, David Liang 		committed Details | Review

Description David Liang 2009-03-06 03:23:23 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
gdm doesn't display any PAM_ERROR_MSG messages. This means that the user
doesn't know why he isn't able to login. Normally these messages are displayed,
that you can tell the user that his account has expired or that his password
doesn't meet the complexity requirements.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456387


Steps to reproduce:
1. try to login using a expired account
 


Actual results:
The error message is just a common word "Unable to authorize user".

Expected results:
Your account is expired

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 David Liang 2009-03-06 03:24:14 UTC 
Created attachment 130175 [details] [review]
add the err message to the problem-label

It works in my testing.
Comment 2 Baptiste Mille-Mathias 2009-07-04 16:21:11 UTC 
put a meaningful summary
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2009-07-15 18:33:51 UTC 
Thanks, committed.