Tormod Volden schrieb: > /etc/shadow is root:shadow by default in Ubuntu 8.10 at least. Is it > tempting to believe it's your setup that is broken. Let's reopen the bug > only if somebody else also has this problem.
You're right, my setup is (was) broken - but I promise, I didn't break this by hand, but through Ubuntu upgrades - so my approach to Software-QA is, that if something has been automatically broken, the system should at least try to automatically fix it - in this case, it would probably a two liner in the installation scripts. There have been several reports about this problems (e.g. [1]), seems it has been introduced with the upgrade to hardy. In most cases people fix it by seting SUID-Bit for the screensaver/-locker program, insted of setting /etc/shadow right ... To me it seems there are many ubuntu installations around with a f*cked up /etc/shadow permission setup, so it would definitely be no disadvantige to recheck it during a package upgrade. regards, tom [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-guidance/+bug/26175 -- xscreensaver unlock fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
