Jeff Licquia wrote: > Michael Biebl wrote: >> Have you actually read the bug report? Your proposed patch opens a security >> hole >> and doesn't really fix the issue (it's a very ugly and bad workaround) > > Thought I had, but obviously I missed that part.
No problem. >> The problem you run into only happens when you are logged in as root, which >> is >> not the norm on linux, thus only severity normal. > > I had been seeing the problem when logged in as my user, not root. Sorry, I was a bit unclear: Apparently the problem appears as soon as a root shell is open, even if you are currently logged in as normal user. > > The odd thing is that, after reverting the patch and rebooting, > everything still seems to work. I was even able to start a root shell > (su - in gnome-terminal), and disconnect and reconnect the VPN without > problems. If you encounter this problem again, can you please send me the output of ck-list-sessions (and /var/log/auth.log). Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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