found 633652 1.5.6-1 severity 633652 grave thanks I'm raising the severity of this bug. I feel it is inappropriate for any more heel dragging to take place. It is embarrassment enough that root is no longer to use X programs on Debian, including system management tools specifically designed for root to use. If one does the following, the whole X session becomes locked. The users half edited letters etc. are taken for ransom.
# su - nobody No directory, logging in with HOME=/ nobody@jidanni2:/$ env SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=xterm USER=nobody MAIL=/var/mail/nobody PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games PWD=/ SHLVL=1 HOME=/ LOGNAME=nobody DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/home/jidanni/.Xauthority _=/usr/bin/env nobody@jidanni2:/$ emacs /tmp/ee.txt Only an expert user who knows CTRL ALT F1 and pstree etc. will be able to kill the emacs and recover his X session. pstree -aAl shows |-bash /home/jidanni/.xsession | `-xterm -class UXTerm -title uxterm -u8 -bg hotpink4 -title # -name # -e su | `-su | `-bash | `-su - nobody | `-sh | `-emacs /tmp/ee.txt | `-dbus-launch --autolaunch=583e5eeffd5b64952b92010045b373b0 --binary-syntax --close-stderr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
