Re: screensaver login password failed with correct password
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:16:19 +0800, lina wrote:
> since last time I
>
> cp /etc/passwd passwd.old
>
> Later used vipw deleted one un-existed user entry.
>
> I thought something wrong, so I
> mv passwd,old passwd back.
>
> Anyway, later I use vipw again deleted that entry.
>
> But the problem showed up:
>
> for user lina,
> I can login, no problem,
> but once the screensaver (xfce4) worked, the password not worked
> anymore. use Alt+Ctr+F1 login as lina works.
I would first create a new user, login with it and check if xscreensaver
works for there just to discard a problem with the package itself.
> part of the /var/log/auth.log as following:
>
> Mar 9 20:54:32 Debian xscreensaver[4733]: FAILED LOGIN 2 ON DISPLAY ":0", FOR "lina"
> Mar 9 20:54:35 Debian unix_chkpwd[6032]: check pass; user unknown
> Mar 9 20:54:46 Debian unix_chkpwd[6033]: check pass; user unknown
> Mar 9 20:54:46 Debian unix_chkpwd[6033]: password check failed for user (lina)
> Mar 9 20:54:46 Debian xscreensaver[4733]: pam_unix(xscreensaver:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0.0 ruser= rhost= user=lina
(...)
Mmm, "lina" is your current user and is actually available, right?
> Form http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466741 I couldn't
> find the libpam-foreground package.
That bug is quite old. What's your "gnome-screensaver" version?
Also, as mentioned there, check your "/etc/shadow" file permissions.
> The only way I can do is that in the screensaver parts, reboot.
>
> I also did some update recently, don't know which parts went wrong,
Review which packages have been updated, they should be under "/var/log/
apt/*" or "/var/log/dpkg*".
Anyway, since a recent update I also started to face problems with
gnome-keyring, it remains unlocked at login...
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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