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List: kde-bugs-dist
Subject: Bug#1071: Remote X login causes local klock to unlock console
From: "Monson, Erik" <emonson () coin ! state ! pa ! us>
Date: 1999-03-26 13:48:10
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Package: klock
Version: KDE 1.1
When logged in as ROOT on the system console and with the X session locked
through klock, a remote X login as root (through kdm) will unlock the
console. This is on a 'plain-vanilla' RedHat 5.2 machine using the KDE-1.1
.rpms for RedHat 5.2.
This introduces a big security problem in certain situations. I have an
X-based network management application running on the system console, so I
frequently just lock the screen. I now log in from a user account and su to
root to run any applications remotely. These problems only occur when
using kdm to login.
Erik Monson
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