2016-07-17 21:31 GMT+03:00 Jyri Hovila [iki.fi] <jyri.hov...@iki.fi>: > Hello, world! > > I'm having an issue with xlock being unable to unlock a locked session. > > I'm running a CURRENT version of OpenBSD on amd64 architecture. > > I can lock my X session with xlock just fine, but when I enter my > password the unlock, xlock says the password is invalid. However, the > password I've entered (several times) is 100% correct. > > Authlog provides the following hints: > > ====================================================================== > xlock[82700]: Start: myusername, myusername, :0 > xlock[82700]: staff: getting class information: Permission denied > xlock[82700]: daemon: getting classinformation: Permission denied > xlock[82700]: xlock: failed unlock attempt on user myusername > xlock[82700]: xlock: xio_error > xlock[82700]: Stop: myusername, myusername, :0, 6m 5s > ====================================================================== > > I've googled thoroughly, checked the permissions of /etc/group etc, but > have not found either a solution nor any hints on how to further > diagnose the problem. > > Any ideas, anyone?
Check the following: - you have root:auth mode rwxr-sr-x set for /usr/X11R6/bin/xlock; - you do NOT have nosuid option set for /usr/X11R6. -- WBR, Vadim Zhukov
