[Nottingham] Local security exploit

[Dylan Swift]

I'm running Fedora 14 on a laptop - as soon as I press ctrl+alt the
password prompt comes up. Also there is no dedicated * key. If I get a
chance tomorrow I'll try it with an external keyboard.

xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.9.5-2.fc14.x86_64

Dylan


On 19 January 2012 21:37, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 19/01/12 21:15, Rory Holland wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone, I wonder if you could try this out for me.
>> If you're running an X server, lock your screen, then hit the following
>> key combination:
>>
>
> I'm not sure what my X version is - but I'm running Ubuntu precise (12.04)
> with today's updates.  Your key combination has no effect at all.
>
> Regards,        Barry.
>
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