[Bug 886755] Re: Authentication fails during password expiry warning period

[Alessandro Menti]

I have tried to reproduce the bug on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 but
did not succeed.

Followed steps:
1) Fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10.
2) Changed account aging information with the following command:
sudo passwd -w 2 -x 3 <account name>
3) Killed sudo ticket with "sudo -k".
4) Moved the clock to two days forward.
5) Logged out and logged back in.
6) Tried to install Gnome PPP from Software Center.

The password prompt (as well as the login screen) correctly said that
the password would expire in one day, but let me continue anyway.

Is someone else willing to reproduce to double-check?

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Title:
  Authentication fails during password expiry warning period

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have password aging enabled, and am within the password expiry
  warning period. When I try to install software, I'm prompted for my
  password. When I enter my password, I see a "Your password will expire
  in 4 days" message, and get re-prompted, until authentication fails,
  and I can't install the software. My password should be valid for this
  purpose even with the expiry warning.

  My system is:

  + lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:	core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10
  Codename:	oneiric
  + dpkg -l software-center
  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
  ||/ Name                          Version                       Description
  +++-=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
  ii  software-center               5.0.2                         Utility for browsing, installing, and removing software
  + apt-cache policy software-center
  software-center:
    Installed: 5.0.2
    Candidate: 5.0.2
    Version table:
   *** 5.0.2 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       5.0.1.4 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
  + chage -l walt
  Last password change					: Oct 10, 2011
  Password expires					: Nov 10, 2011
  Password inactive					: never
  Account expires						: never
  Minimum number of days between password change		: 0
  Maximum number of days between password change		: 31
  Number of days of warning before password expires	: 7
  + exit 0
  walt at wombat:~(0)$ date
  Sun Nov  6 02:07:37 EST 2011

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Nov  6 02:03:08 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (23 days ago)

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