Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:31:10 GMT From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: sc@users.realnet.ru, marcus@FreeBSD.org, gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/104563: gnome-screensaver-dialog fails to validate the correct password Message-ID: <200611030831.kA38VAnK056370@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: gnome-screensaver-dialog fails to validate the correct password State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: marcus State-Changed-When: Fri Nov 3 08:29:01 UTC 2006 State-Changed-Why: The problem is gnome-screensaver-dialog drops setuid privileges prior to doing any kind of PAM authentication. This means that UNIX passwd file authentication via PAM will not work. However, external PAM modules that do not require root should work just fine. If you are only going to be using UNIX passwd authentication, don't build with PAM support (this is the default). If you will be using other PAM modules, then build with PAM. Admittedly, this sucks, but it is not FreeBSD-specific, and if this problem is really critical, it needs to be raised with the gnome-screensaver authors. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=104563
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