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*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

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On a system upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04:

When "don't ask for password on login" is checked for a user, previous
screen locking would still require a password - the preference only
applied to logins.

Now light locker(?) is showing a password dialog box, but it will accept
any (or no) password for screen unlock, just as for login.

This might be a good change, but it was surely unexpected, and I found
the previous functionality (being able to NOT require the PW for login
but still require it for screen unlock) very useful, even if it might
seem odd on the surface.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-screensaver (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Nov 25 08:29:52 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-08 (777 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver
Symptom: security
Title: Screen locking issue
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-03 (83 days ago)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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password not checked on screen unlock
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396151
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