[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#496584: xfce4-session: Sometimes asks for password on shutdown

[Torquil Macdonald Sørensen]

Package: xfce4-session
Version: 4.4.2-6
Severity: normal

I'm using XFCE4 together with xdm. When I choose "Shutdown" inside XFCE, 
it sometimes asks me for my password, and sometimes not. I haven't 
noticed any pattern in this behaviour.

In my /etc/sudoers, it is specified that I can run 
/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper with root priveliges. The only 
possibility I can imagine is that the unpredictability comes from  some 
sort of sudo password timeout. But I'm sure that I have not used any
sudo commands the times when it doesn't ask for a password.

Best regards,
Torquil Sørensen

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xfce4-session depends on:
ii  fortune-mod            1:1.99.1-3.1      provides fortune cookies on demand
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                  2.7-13            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.6.4-6           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.1-3           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-1           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.7-2           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.5-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.11-3         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.5-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpixman-1-0          0.10.0-2          pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.27-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-2         X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.4-2         X11 client-side library
ii  libxfce4mcs-client3    4.4.2-4           Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  libxfce4util4          4.4.2-3           Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-4          4.4.2-4           Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.4-2         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xfce4-mcs-manager      4.4.2-3           Settings manager for Xfce4
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xfce4-session recommends:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.2.1-3    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  hal                           0.5.11-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  xbase-clients                 1:7.3+15   miscellaneous X clients - metapack
ii  xfce4-panel                   4.4.2-6    The Xfce4 desktop environment pane
ii  xfce4-utils                   4.4.2-8    Various tools for Xfce
ii  xfdesktop4                    4.4.2-7    Provides desktop background and ro
ii  xfwm4                         4.4.2-5    window manager of the Xfce project

Versions of packages xfce4-session suggests:
ii  sudo                          1.6.9p17-1 Provide limited super user privile

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