Package: xscreensaver Version: 4.21-2 Severity: normal Hi,
I use a pam module to authenticate me using a OpenPGP smartcard. This module might not (i.e. can be and is here configured to not) need a password. Yet xscreensaver does prompt me for one, which is then ignored (meaning I can enter anything, if my smartcard is in the slot, I get authenticated). This problem is known to upstream, judging from this comment in passwd-pam.c: /* This is the function PAM calls to have a conversation with the user. Really, this function should be the thing that pops up dialog boxes as needed, and prompts for various strings. But, for now, xscreensaver uses its normal password-prompting dialog first, and then this function simply returns the result that has been typed. This means that if PAM was using a retina scanner for auth, xscreensaver would prompt for a password; then pam_conversation() would be called with a string like "Please look into the retina scanner". The user would never see this string, and the prompted-for password would be ignored. */ But this still is a bug that should be fixed someday. Thanks, Joachim -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10.otto Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.2-2 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.2-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxml2 2.6.16-6 GNOME XML library ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X pixmap library ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
