Bug 970597 - upstream passwordless gdm pam login implementation fails in fedora
Summary: upstream passwordless gdm pam login implementation fails in fedora
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-04 12:44 UTC by morgan read
Modified: 2016-02-10 14:43 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-01-26 09:34:10 UTC
Type: Bug
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
GNOME Bugzilla 675780 0 None None None Never

Description morgan read 2013-06-04 12:44:29 UTC
Description of problem:
See upstream gnome buds
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675780
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414862

Gnome gdm feature described in final paragraph here:
https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable/security.html.en#PAM
has been missed from the fedora gnome implementation.  This is despite it's apparent inclusion in redhat gdm git tree here:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/tree/data/pam-redhat/gdm.pam
at line 3.

Unfortunately, simply adding that line (or file) to /etc/pam.d/gdm and/or /etc/pam.d/gdm-password in f18 is no longer a fix as it was in f16.

Please would fedora fully implement gdm to allow this feature to work as intended.

See discussion of security issues here:
http://markmail.org/message/2h5isyf3kip6updb#query:+page:1+mid:pa6lrzmwdtbol5it+state:results

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm.x86_64  1:3.6.2-5.fc18

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create group nopasswdlogin
2. Add user to nopasswdlogin group
3. There should not be a prompt for password at login, but there is....

Actual results:
Enter password

Expected results:
Do not enter password

Additional info:
Sorry it's taken a while to file the bug, but it was easily fixable in f16 and now it isn't in f18

Comment 1 Fedora End Of Life 2013-12-21 13:51:09 UTC
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Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2014-02-05 21:39:43 UTC
Fedora 18 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2014-01-14. Fedora 18 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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Comment 3 morgan read 2014-02-15 15:39:50 UTC
still in f20

Comment 4 Jan Kurik 2015-12-22 11:28:05 UTC
This bug is currently assigned to an unsupported release. If you think this bug is still valid and should remain open, please re-assign it to a supported release (F22, F23) or to rawhide.

Bugs which will be assigned to an unsupported release are going to be closed as EOL (End Of Life) on January 26th, 2016.


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