[Bug 88580] kdesu accept any password

[Paul Dufresne]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdebase

Open a new konsole, and:
paul at paul-Caspar:~$ kdesu whoami
[entered random password, then clicked Ok]
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
root
paul at paul-Caspar:~$

I was expecting a window message telling me my password was wrong, and not getting the result of
whoami, rather than finding that I am root.

sudo whoami work as expected.

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+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  kdebase-bin    3.5.6-0ubuntu1 core binaries for the KDE base module

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kdesu accept any password
https://launchpad.net/bugs/88580