"lock" command bug: not accepting correct password

[Jeremy C. Reed]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Jose timofonic wrote:

> I found a bug when using the "lock" command since
> 1.8.0 update. When I'm out of the computer, I usually
> use "clear && lock -npv" on my user account.
> 
> Since using 1.8.0 is becoming very common that after a
> few hours I put the correct password for unlock but
> it's like putting it incorrect, even after a lot of
> tries writing it slowly. I'm sure wrote the password
> correctly, and not being drunk if somebody thinks
> about it :/
> 
> I want to know if there are other people experiencing
> the same problem, and what to report for helping to
> make this bug fixed. 

Is there any possibility that your lock has wrong permissions? It is to be 
installed with mode 4555.

(I noticed your other email about an audio device ... and maybe the 
permissions for that are wrong too.)


  Jeremy C. Reed