Security Hole in Gnome's Switch-User is Default Config?

MankyD · n00b Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 55

This could very well simply be the way I have it configured but...

I select log out from the app menu, then choose "switch user". The normal login/greeting screen appears. If a different user then logs in, then logs out, or if they simply select "quit", it jumps right back into my logged session.

How do I set it up so that the current session locks when I select "switch user"?
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goffrie · n00b Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 67

Maybe try locking the screen, then choosing "switch user" from the password prompt? That'd be (I hope) a workaround, but I don't know how to do this by default.

Friesi · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Posts: 89

I can confirm that problem.
At the moment it's no problem for me, because just my PC @home.

It's a bug or just a bad setting?
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trilexx · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

I can confirm that too. This definitely needs to be reported. It should be as secure as possible by default and only further configuration by the user/admin should make it less secure...