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Bug 686385 - Don't offer to type password again if 'Permission Denied'
Don't offer to type password again if 'Permission Denied'
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-10-18 14:41 UTC by Stef Walter
Modified: 2018-05-24 10:47 UTC
See Also:
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Screenshot of the denied message (414.63 KB, image/png)
2012-10-18 14:41 UTC, Stef Walter 		Details

Description Stef Walter 2012-10-18 14:41:14 UTC 
Created attachment 226744 [details]
Screenshot of the denied message

When we get a permission denied from PAM, after the user types a password, GDM currently stays at the Password prompt and asks for the password again with an orange Permission Denied text underneath.

Logging in as this user isn't going to work, even with a different password. Is there a way to take us back to the user selection/entry screen? Or does PAM not give us enough information in this case?
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2012-10-18 23:23:04 UTC 
If we were going back to the user list, then you wouldn't get to see the error message. Seems like a bit of a corner case, maybe ?
Comment 2 Stef Walter 2012-10-19 04:19:29 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> If we were going back to the user list, then you wouldn't get to see the error
> message. Seems like a bit of a corner case, maybe ?

Yes perhaps. Seems there would be a way to tell the user he can't log in, and it's not worth trying again.
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-10-19 15:18:41 UTC 
We emit a ServiceUnavailable signal I believe that the greeter can listen for. (we might need to fix it to be emitted in more cases, too, not sure)
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 10:47:03 UTC 
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