[Bug 952771] Re: Gnome Screensaver should handle expired password tokens

[urusha]

Thank you. 
But is there a chance to see it backported to precise? If we need compatibility with current behavior for precise (I can't find a reason for it, but...) - we could use attached patch to pam config and then administrators could change /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver themselves to enable handling of expired creds. 
What do you think?


** Patch added: "precise debdiff compat"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/952771/+attachment/3447683/+files/gnome-screensaver-precise-compat.patch

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Title:
  Gnome Screensaver should handle expired password tokens

Status in GNOME Screensaver:
  New
Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Gnome Screensaver should handle expired password tokens.  Currently it does
  not. It just unlocks screen, so in case you're using kerberos -  your credentials cache stays expired and you need to manually change your password or logout and then login again (lightdm, gdm, etc. do handle expired password tokens).
  Actually, there is a mainstream bugreport with patch solving the problem, but it seems noone is interested in solving this issue:
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648875
  The patch provided by Brian C. Huffman solves the issue and is compatible with today's GS behavior (it can be emulated using special pam config, see comment 9 there).
  Both solutions using this patch (with and without "passwd required pam_permit.so") tested by me with oneiric's gnome-screensaver-3.2.0-ubuntu1 and work as expected.
  This is really nice improvement for big corporate environments. So, It would be nice to apply this patch even if it's not in upstream 
  yet.

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