Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Compiler: gnu latest OS: Linux I would like to see a status message added to the login screen after a user clicks the "Login" button. The reasons I would like to see this feature added is if the machine in question is configured to use a login method other than the standard /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow (or local account login), such as Kerberos or LDAP, the machine almost looks as if it is in a lockup mode and confuses the end user as to the status of their login attempt. My proposal on this is to simply add a new status message like "Please wait.. Authenticating.", similar to the "Login Failed" message which occurs when the user does not have a valid username & password. Thanks, Jason Gerfen jason.gerfen@gmail.com
I wish you would reconsider this feature. I have done a bit more research and it seems like it would be a very easy feature to add. kgverify.cpp KGStdVerify::updateStatus() ... switch (nfls) { default: failedLabel->clear(); VMsgBox( parent, user, infobox, i18n("Please wait... Authenticating.") ); break; ... I am not sure if KGStdVerify::updateStatus() is the correct place to put the feature request I am proposing but I am sure this will help extended login routines or PAM stacks that call multiple authentication routines such as krb5, ldap, nss, samba, bioapi etc. etc. Thanks, Jason Gerfen jason.gerfen at gmail.com
*** Bug 223576 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 224722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
KDM is unmaintained and not used in KDE Plasma 5. SDDM is the login manager used in KDE Plasma 5. If you still have this same issue with SDDM, please file an issue on the SDDM bugtracker (after doing a search for existing issues first!): https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/