Bug#874088: sddm: cannot log in as root

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>]

Control: severity -1 normal

On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 10:28:12PM -0400, William Melgaard wrote:
> Package: sddm
> Version: 0.14.0-4
> Severity: serious
> Tags: security
> Justification: Policy 2.5
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> apt-get dist-upgrade from jessie to stretch, followed by synaptic package
> manager installation of sddm-theme-elarun provided a splash screen with a blank
> block for user.
> Providing "root" as the user, with appropriate password did not result in a
> login.

Thanks for your report.

> Double check of /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc found AllowRootLogin=true

Someone mentioned on IRC that sddm != kdm, and that they are 
configured in different ways.

> Inability to log in as root qualifies as "important" in accordance with the
> Debian policy manual section 2.5.

Policy section 2.5 talks about package priorities
(e.g. sddm is Priority: optional), not bug severities.

cu
Adrian

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