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Bug 870592

Summary:	Can't log back in with xguest after using "Switch user"
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Nux <nux>
Component:	xguest	Assignee:	Lukas Vrabec <lvrabec>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Milos Malik <mmalik>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.3	CC:	mgrepl, mmalik, reklov, szidek
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Reopened
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Last Closed:	2016-11-02 17:30:37 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Nux 2012-10-27 05:41:26 UTC

Description of problem:
Hello,

After using the "Switch user" feature instead of "Log out" in Gnome the xguest user is being asked for password that obviously doesn't exist.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Version     : 1.0.9
Release     : 2.el6


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install xguest
2. log in as xguest
3. use "Switch user"
  
Actual results:
The xguest user can't go back in into his environment

Expected results:
xguest should be able to go back to its working environment without password input

Additional info:

Comment 2 Daniel Walsh 2012-11-07 21:27:39 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 532124 ***

Comment 3 Stanislav Zidek 2014-04-24 14:07:26 UTC

Reopening the bug because "duplicate" is for Fedora, not RHEL.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2014-04-24 14:19:50 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 5 Lukas Vrabec 2016-11-02 17:30:37 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 is entering the Production 2 phase of its
lifetime and this bug doesn't meet the criteria for it, i.e. only high severity
issues will be fixed. Please see
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ for further
information.

Feel free to clone this bug to RHEL-7 if it is still a problem for you.