[Bug 1193464] [NEW] whoopsie password fail

[Jim Salter]

Public bug reported:

This problem exists on EVERY DUI'ed Ubuntu 12.04 machine and VM I
operate - upwards of 50, varying between physical and virtual, with
wildly different hardware, across 12.04, 12.04.1, and 12.04.2.

When the "System Problem Detected" dialog comes up, if I select "Report"
I then get a dialog requesting my password in order to view system
reports.  When I enter the password, the dialog refreshes stating that
the password did not match - in spite of the fact that, yes, that's my
password.  (This even happens on throwaway VMs with the password
"test".)

The account in question is always a member of the sudo group, and in
fact can and does sudo successfully.  My *guess* is that whoopsie is
trying to get a root password instead of the current user password,
because none of these machines HAVE direct root login enabled.  But
that's just a guess.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: whoopsie 0.1.32
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55~precise1-generic 3.5.7.13
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 640:0:107:309988:2013-06-21 14:37:16.615799000 -0400:2013-06-21 14:37:16.295959000 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_sbin_smbd.0.crash
 640:109:107:1216292:2013-06-21 14:31:13.130532001 -0400:2013-06-21 14:31:11.270532001 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.109.crash
Date: Fri Jun 21 14:41:05 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: whoopsie-daisy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: whoopsie-daisy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  whoopsie password fail

Status in “whoopsie-daisy” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This problem exists on EVERY DUI'ed Ubuntu 12.04 machine and VM I
  operate - upwards of 50, varying between physical and virtual, with
  wildly different hardware, across 12.04, 12.04.1, and 12.04.2.

  When the "System Problem Detected" dialog comes up, if I select
  "Report" I then get a dialog requesting my password in order to view
  system reports.  When I enter the password, the dialog refreshes
  stating that the password did not match - in spite of the fact that,
  yes, that's my password.  (This even happens on throwaway VMs with the
  password "test".)

  The account in question is always a member of the sudo group, and in
  fact can and does sudo successfully.  My *guess* is that whoopsie is
  trying to get a root password instead of the current user password,
  because none of these machines HAVE direct root login enabled.  But
  that's just a guess.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: whoopsie 0.1.32
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55~precise1-generic 3.5.7.13
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports:
   640:0:107:309988:2013-06-21 14:37:16.615799000 -0400:2013-06-21 14:37:16.295959000 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_sbin_smbd.0.crash
   640:109:107:1216292:2013-06-21 14:31:13.130532001 -0400:2013-06-21 14:31:11.270532001 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.109.crash
  Date: Fri Jun 21 14:41:05 2013
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: whoopsie-daisy
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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