Karmic live session: User is asked for a password when trying to mount an external volume although this password is empty
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| casper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
James Westby | ||
| Karmic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
James Westby | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: policykit-1-gnome
When I try to mount an external volume in a live session I get a pk dialog asking me for a password, but there is not hint what this password is in a live session (it is empty). It would be good if there is either a hint about the password or no password requested at all.
As a side note: When a user access a wireless lan before he is asked to choose a password for gnome-keyring, I guess many user will try to use this password in the pk-dialog, and fail.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 9 13:03:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091009)
Package: policykit-1-gnome 0.94-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: policykit-1-gnome
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64
Related branches
| Markus Korn (thekorn) wrote | #1 |
| James Westby (james-w) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | policykit-1-gnome (Ubuntu) → casper (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
| assignee: | nobody → James Westby (james-w) |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| assignee: | nobody → James Westby (james-w) |
| James Westby (james-w) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Triaged → In Progress |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Hi Markus,
Thanks for the report. casper ships a script to prevent polkit from
prompting on the live cd, but it needs to be updated for polkit-1.
Thanks,
James