Bug 11403

Summary: Incorrect info displayed when running pkexec in a real terminal.
Product: Mageia Reporter: Dave Hodgins <davidwhodgins>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Nicolas Lécureuil <mageia>
Status: RESOLVED OLD QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: polkit-0.107-6.1.mga3.src.rpm CVE:
Status comment:

Description Dave Hodgins 2013-10-08 00:27:55 CEST 
While testing a script I'm working on, I used alt+ctrl+f2 to switch to
tty2, logged in as a tester id, then ran the script, but pkexec incorrectly
displayed that it was authenticating as the user on tty1, instead of as root.

Output of the id command
uid=501(tester) gid=501(tester) groups=501(tester)

Output of grep 501 /etc/passwd etc/group
/etc/passwd:tester:x:501:501:tester:/home/tester:/bin/bash
/etc/group:tester:x:501:

The script being executed ...
#!/bin/bash
pkexec '/usr/sbin/copyiso2usb' "$@"

The incorrect info displayed just before the line with Password:
Authenticating as: David W. Hodgins (dave)

In cauldron (at least under virtualbox), it correctly displays
Authenticating as: root


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Dave Hodgins 2013-10-08 00:29:02 CEST 
Forgot to mention, pkexec works ok, it's just the info displayed that is
incorrect.
Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2015-03-31 16:06:26 CEST 
Mageia 3 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status 4 months ago.
http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/11/26/lets-say-goodbye-to-mageia-3/ 

Mageia 3 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD