Bug 850813

Summary:	For shutdown from the logon screen the system wants the root's password, but it is impossible to enter
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 13.1	Reporter:	Aleš Kastner <alkas>
Component:	KDE4 Workspace	Assignee:	E-mail List <kde-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	alkas, ctrippe, wbauer, werner
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	openSUSE 12.3
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Description Aleš Kastner 2013-11-16 15:57:56 UTC

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0

For shutdown from the logon screen the system wants the root's password, but it is impossible to enter
There is an icon left downside, 2.nd from left on the logon screen shows a switch symbol. Clicking on it the little window appears requesting the root's password. But it is impossible to enter the password, as the field does not show the characters entered, and after submitting the error message appears with "wrong password".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log off from any account.
2. Press the switch off icon
3. Try to enter the root's password and submit.
Actual Results:  
Error message.

Expected Results:  
Shutdown.

N/A

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2013-11-18 07:50:16 UTC

Guess: logon screen is KDM, the KDE Display Manager

Comment 2 Christian Trippe 2014-04-06 05:52:30 UTC

No reply in more than 4 weeks. Please reopen if you are able to provide the requested information.

Comment 3 Aleš Kastner 2014-04-06 13:10:56 UTC

In the meantime, I have upgraded to openSUSE v. 13.1 - and the problem remains.
As I am not sure, whether or what information is requested, please specify.

Comment 4 Christian Trippe 2014-04-06 13:29:20 UTC

What display manager are you using? Is it indeed KDM?

Comment 5 Aleš Kastner 2014-04-06 13:38:08 UTC

I have installed KDE GUI and none other, so I believe it is KDM screen.
With a green chameleon on the right side, and username, password, domain in the
central part, from the top to the bottom. The icon concerned (meaning: ON-OFF)
is situated at the bottom.

Comment 6 Christian Trippe 2014-04-06 13:51:31 UTC

*** Bug 872272 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Christian Trippe 2014-04-06 14:13:19 UTC

I tried to reproduce the problem, however I am not asked for the root password, but the system simply goes to shutdown.

Comment 8 Christian Trippe 2014-04-06 14:55:14 UTC

Found another more detailed report, closing as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 860506 ***

Comment 9 Aleš Kastner 2014-04-06 17:25:39 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> I tried to reproduce the problem, however I am not asked for the root password,
> but the system simply goes to shutdown.

Do there appears the selection dialog? (Restart, shutdown, cancel)? Then when you select restart or shutdown, no root password request appears? There must be any setting not allowing these operations to everyone! Security problem!
Regards, AK

Comment 10 Wolfgang Bauer 2014-05-06 21:42:29 UTC

(In reply to comment #9)
> Do there appears the selection dialog? (Restart, shutdown, cancel)? Then when
> you select restart or shutdown, no root password request appears? There must be
> any setting not allowing these operations to everyone! Security problem!

This can be configured in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager ("DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN"). See also the corresponding comment in that file.