Bug#546376: kdm: will there ever be a _real_ fix or answer?

[arne anka <debian@ginguppin.de>]

Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.5.1-0r2
Severity: normal

i reported the very same thing as #580269.
it has been closed with the false claim of being solved -- my answer
that this was not so, was ignored -- at least i never  received an
answer.
i just upgraded to what most likely will become the official kde 4.5 in
debian -- and the very same bug is still there.

since other distributions do not suffer from this inexplicable bug, the
issue is well knwon for a long time now, there is (despite other claims)
still no fix -- what is the reason for this? after all, someone must
have decided, that the code allowing to switch to admin mode has to be
removed an that debian's kde user should be forced to either refrain
from changing kdm's configuration via system-settings or to start
system-settings as root.
what's the rationale?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.112+nmu2  add and remove users and groups
ii  consolekit                   0.4.3-2     framework for defining and trackin
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.37      Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-runtime              4:4.5.3-0r1 runtime components from the offici
ii  kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plu 4:4.5.1-0r2 KDE greet libraries for authentica
ii  libc6                        2.11.2-7    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libck-connector0             0.4.3-2     ConsoleKit libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.2.24-3    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libkdecore5                  4:4.5.3-0r1 the KDE Platform Core Library
ii  libkdeui5                    4:4.5.3-0r1 the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii  libkio5                      4:4.5.3-0r1 the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii  libknewstuff3-4              4:4.5.3-0r1 the "Get Hot New Stuff" v3 Library
ii  libkworkspace4               4:4.5.1-0r2 library for the kdebase workspace
ii  libpam0g                     1.1.1-6.1   Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libqimageblitz4              1:0.0.6-2   QImageBlitz image effects library
ii  libqt4-svg                   4:4.6.3-4   Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqt4-xml                   4:4.6.3-4   Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4                   4:4.6.3-4   Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                    4:4.6.3-4   Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6                   4.4.5-10    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.3.3-4   X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                      1:1.0.6-1   X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                    1:1.1.0-1   X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxtst6                     2:1.2.0-1   X11 Testing -- Record extension li
ii  lsb-base                     3.2-26      Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii  kde-window-manager [x-window 4:4.5.1-0r2 the K window manager (KWin)
ii  kdebase                      5:64        the K Desktop Environment, base ap
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator 4:4.5.3-0r1 X terminal emulator
ii  logrotate                    3.7.8-6     Log rotation utility
ii  twm [x-window-manager]       1:1.0.4-2   Tab window manager
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xserver]  2:1.7.7-10  Xorg X server - core server
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]  266-1       X terminal emulator

Versions of packages kdm suggests:
ii  kdepasswd                    4:4.5.3-0r1 graphical password changing utilit

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/kde4/kdm/README changed:
This automatically generated configuration consists of the following files:
- /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
- /etc/kde4/kdm/backgroundrc
This config was derived from existing files. As the used algorithms are
pretty dumb, it may be broken.
Information from these files was extracted:
- /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
These files were directly incorporated:
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
- /etc/kde4/kdm/backgroundrc
Old files that would have been overwritten were renamed to <oldname>.bak.
Try 'genkdmconf --help' if you want to generate another configuration.
You may delete this README.


-- debconf information:
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm