Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:51:13 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Ashish Shukla =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=86=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B7_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=81=E0=A4=95=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=B2?= <wahjava@gmail.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports Mailing List <ports@freebsd.org>, Ashish Shukla =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=86=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B7_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=81=E0=A4=95=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=B2?= <wahjava.ml@gmail.com> Subject: Re: x11/gnome-screensaver-2.22.1 is not unlocking screen on entry of correct password. Message-ID: <1207504273.22879.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <87y77qg9zd.fsf@chateau.d.lf> References: <87d4p3xome.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <1207495285.21780.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <87y77qg9zd.fsf@chateau.d.lf>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 23:07 +0530, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: > >>>>> Joe Marcus Clarke writes: > Joe> On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 15:59 +0530, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Whenever I try to unlock my screen, locked using gnome-screensaver, it > >> doesn't accept my password, rejects with "Incorrect password". I'm > >> running x11/gnome-screensaver-2.22.1 . Any ideas what is causing this ? > >> And BtW, I've compiled gnome-screensaver-2.22.1 with PAM support. > >> > >> During password verification, there is some non-uniform delay > >> (sometime more, sometimes less) . > >> > >> Is there anyone else experiencing this issue, hmm...? > > Joe> This is typically the case when one builds gnome-screensaver with PAM > Joe> support, but they are currently using a PAM module which requires the > Joe> executable be setuid root (e.g. pam_unix). The only workaround is to > Joe> rebuild gnome-screensaver without PAM support, or use a different PAM > Joe> module which does not require root privileges. > > I've tried copying /etc/pam.d/gdm to /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver, but > also thats of no use. Any ideas, why is that not working inspite of > /usr/local/libexec/gnome-screensaver-dialog being setuid, hmm...? PAM and gnome-screensaver do not work together if you are using pam_unix. Rebuild gnome-screensaver without PAM support, and it will instead read /etc/master.passwd directly to authenticate the user. That will work. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkf5DY0ACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4dGEgCePhylwTgBT1YeqAp2D3eWv6AV Zo0An2gw5RL66vBt3yf4IO8GklY3z6ZQ =IGkC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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