On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 08:08:57PM +0200, Krzysztof Sobolewski wrote: > Package: pam > Version: 1.0.1-2 > Severity: normal
> First of all I'm not a PAM expert, so forgive me if this report is totally > misguided, but it's very visible so I could easily tell it was probably > pam upgrade (after transition to testing) that caused this problem. > The thing is that I can login fine, but when I lock my screen (in KDE), I > cannot unlock it other than by killing kdesktop_lock. The auth.log says: > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 unix_chkpwd[9390]: check pass; user unknown > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 unix_chkpwd[9390]: password check failed for > user (jezuch) > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 unix_chkpwd[9391]: check pass; user unknown > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 unix_chkpwd[9391]: password check failed for > user (jezuch) > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 kcheckpass[9389]: pam_unix(kscreensaver:auth): > authentication failure; logname=jezuch uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0 ruser= > rhost= user=jezuch > Aug 20 20:05:11 zx-spectrum-1 kcheckpass[9389]: Authentication failure for > jezuch (invoked by uid 1000) This indicates that the unix_chkpwd helper is failing to retrieve the shadow password entry for your user. What are the permissions on /sbin/unix_chkpwd and /etc/shadow on your system? Are you using any unusual directory methods on this system, such as NIS or NIS+? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
