Is it a security breach?

Oliver Grawert ogra at ubuntu.com
Mon Oct 10 09:04:05 CDT 2005


hi,
Am Montag, den 10.10.2005, 15:32 +0200 schrieb Martijn van de Streek:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> 
> > > However if some of you could try this same procedure and check if it
> > > really does happen, it would mean that it is a major security breach.
> > it will happen if xscreensaver gets upgraded during your upgrade indeed,
> > since the screensaver daemon must get restarted on upgrade...
> 
> If it gets restarted, the previous locking state should be maintained,
> right?
probably, you can file a enhancement bug for this if you see the need...
but note that it wouldnt help much, since your session would be unlocked
anyway during the upgrade process...

ciao
	oli
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