Re: gnome-screensaver and PAM
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:48:42 +0000, Bruno Martins wrote:
> I am having this problem, and it gets logged every second:
>
> Dec 25 07:49:51 sputnik gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0.0 ruser= rhost= user=joe
> Dec 25 07:49:51 sputnik gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_winbind(gnome-screensaver:auth): getting password (0x00000388)
> Dec 25 07:49:51 sputnik gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_winbind(gnome-screensaver:auth): pam_get_item returned a password
> Dec 25 07:49:51 sputnik gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_winbind(gnome-screensaver:auth): request wbcLogonUser failed: WBC_ERR_AUTH_ERROR, PAM error: PAM_USER_UNKNOWN (10), NTSTATUS: NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER, Error message was: No such user
(...)
> I have no idea of what can I do to solve this.
Does user "joe" exist in the system? :-?
> My setup includes winbind authentication. May this be related?
It can be "indirectly "related but I don't think winbind is generating
those messages by its own... is it possible that the system can be
accessed remotely (by means of VNC, SSH...)? The logs remember me some
kind of password dictionary attack.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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