problem with user password when unlocking from screensaver

[Martin Fahrendorf]

Jean Baptiste Balleyguier schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> this is a part of what gives the command "grep -i * in /var/log
> 
> "auth.log:Jan 12 22:43:26 localhost kdm: :0[24832]: (pam_unix) session 
> opened for
> user earendil by (uid=0)
> auth.log:Jan 12 22:43:52 localhost sudo: (pam_unix) authentication failure; 
> logn
> ame= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=  user=earendil
> auth.log:Jan 12 22:48:20 localhost sudo: (pam_unix) authentication failure; 
> logn
> ame= uid=0 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser= rhost=  user=earendil
> auth.log:Jan 12 22:48:29 localhost kdm: :0[24832]: (pam_unix) session closed 
> for
> user earendil"
> 
> this is my /etc/pam.d/kcheckpass file :
> 
> "#
> # /etc/pam.d/kcheckpass - specify the PAM behaviour of kcheckpass
> #
> 
> # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with
> # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and
> # /etc/shadow entries.
> @include common-auth
> @include common-account
> @include common-password
> @include common-session
> ~
> "
> All these files refer to a "pam_unix.so" file
> 
> I've no "kde" file in /etc/pam.d but a "kdm" one and it contains this :
> 
> "#
> # /etc/pam.d/kdm - specify the PAM behaviour of kdm
> #
> 
> # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with
> # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and
> # /etc/shadow entries.
> @include common-auth
> @include common-account
> @include common-password
> @include common-session
> 
> auth       required     pam_nologin.so
> auth       required     pam_env.so
> session    required     pam_limits.so
> ~
> ~
> "
> 
> Should I replace kcheckpass by this one ?

It is woth a try. But the files are not that different.

But there is no failing log entry from pam in your auth.log file. so 
maybee there is a permission problem with your pam directory and/or 
files. what is the result of a grep for kcheckpass on these logfile?


> 
> jb
> 
> 

Martin
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