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[Bug 1345505] Re: Password typed to unlock the screen is sent to the Chrome window that was in focus

 

I downgraded unity's packages to the previous version
(7.2.1+14.04.20140513-0ubuntu2) and with that version I'm no longer able
to reproduce the problem.

The changelog of the current version (7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1)
includes lots of screensaver changes, including changes related to the
clipboard.

Clearly, some of those changes don't interact well, at least with Chrome
35 and above, I haven't been able to reproduce with any other programs.

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Title:
  Password typed to unlock the screen is sent to the Chrome window that
  was in focus

Status in Unity:
  New
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When my machine comes out of suspend, I am shown the unity lockscreen.
  However, occasionally I am unable to enter my password since the
  password box is not given focus. Clicking with the mouse in the
  password box also doesn't help.

  I've found that clicking the settings cog (top right) twice allows me
  to regain control of the focus and enter my password.

  Aside from the inability to enter my password in the password box, it
  seems that simply typing my password (or in fact any text) results in
  those keystrokes being passed to the full-screen window *behind* the
  greeter. This should not be possible and is a security issue: imagine
  if my full-screen console was connected to a remote shared session, or
  was running an irc client, etc.).

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: lightdm 1.11.4-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Jul 20 09:08:47 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (99 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140409)SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-08 (72 days ago)

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