Julian, I've added some more explanation to the description. ** Description changed:
[ Impact ] - GNOME Shell in ubuntu is also used to show custom user verifiers, but - since version 46 extensions providing this are not working anymore. + GNOME Shell in ubuntu is also used to show custom user verifiers in + order to be able to login with specific authenticators, but since + version 46 extensions providing this are not working anymore. This is due to the fact that it's not possible anymore to override the shell verifier. + + In particular, AWS's Amazon DCV requires an extension in order to login, and this does not work anymore in GNOME 46: + - https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension [ Test case ] To verify that the the function can be overridden, a new symbol has to be exported. Use the gnome shell looking glass (Alt+F2 -> 'lg' -> Enter) and paste this code: import('../gdm/authPrompt.js').then(m => Main.notify("Found", `${m.AuthPrompt.prototype._createUserVerifier ?? false}`)) A notification should be shown with the function code, while it should not contain the word "false" only. This can also be verified installing the extension - https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension/tree/wip/abono/gnome-45 - and it should load without errors in the journal + https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension and it should load + without errors in the journal [ Regression potential ] It's just a simple abstraction of few lines of code, so potential is very low, but potentially the GDM user verifier (and so the user list) may not be loaded. ** Description changed: [ Impact ] GNOME Shell in ubuntu is also used to show custom user verifiers in order to be able to login with specific authenticators, but since version 46 extensions providing this are not working anymore. This is due to the fact that it's not possible anymore to override the - shell verifier. + shell verifier from a GNOME extension. In particular, AWS's Amazon DCV requires an extension in order to login, and this does not work anymore in GNOME 46: - - https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension + - https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension + + Without this extension, the shell native authenticator can't be bypassed + in AWS installations when the web authentication has validated the user + credentials. [ Test case ] To verify that the the function can be overridden, a new symbol has to be exported. Use the gnome shell looking glass (Alt+F2 -> 'lg' -> Enter) and paste this code: import('../gdm/authPrompt.js').then(m => Main.notify("Found", `${m.AuthPrompt.prototype._createUserVerifier ?? false}`)) A notification should be shown with the function code, while it should not contain the word "false" only. This can also be verified installing the extension https://github.com/aws/dcv-gnome-shell-extension and it should load without errors in the journal [ Regression potential ] It's just a simple abstraction of few lines of code, so potential is very low, but potentially the GDM user verifier (and so the user list) may not be loaded. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2084306 Title: Impossible to patch gnome shell to set a custom ShellUserVerifier To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2084306/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
