problem with user password when unlocking from screensaver

[Martin Fahrendorf]

Jean Baptiste Balleyguier schrieb:
> Hum,
> 
> I made a "grep -i kcheckpass in /var/log/, and this is part of the result :
> 
> "earendil at spinux:/var/log$ grep -i kcheckpass *
> grep: acpid: Permission non accordée
> auth.log:Jan 10 22:20:54 localhost kcheckpass: (pam_unix) authentication 
> failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=  user=earendil
> auth.log:Jan 10 22:20:54 localhost kcheckpass[23567]: Authentication failure 
> for earendil (invoked by uid 1000)
> auth.log:Jan 10 22:21:03 localhost kcheckpass: (pam_unix) authentication 
> failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=  user=earendil
> auth.log:Jan 10 22:21:03 localhost kcheckpass[23576]: Authentication failure 
> for earendil (invoked by uid 1000)"
> 
> (for info : Permission non accordée = Permission denied)

so, it is an error in the pam authentifikation - most likely a 
permission problem. As someone said before, check the 
/usr/bin/kcheckpass (or wherever your program is located) programm for 
permission rwsr-xr-x (setuid). If the program is not setuid please set 
it (chmod u+s as root).

> 
> jb
> 
> 
> 

Martin

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