Bug#537053: libpam-modules: problems authenticating NIS users from gnome-screensaver

2009-07-16 Thread Stefano Crocchianti
Thanks for replying. I don't understand. Are you suggesting that the user is present in both the NIS map *and* in /etc/passwd? Why would you do that? No, I am not. In my configuration the user is defined in passwd and shadow files on NIS SERVER. On the NIS client (debian lenny) nsswitch.conf

Bug#537053: libpam-modules: problems authenticating NIS users from gnome-screensaver

2009-07-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 07:15:00PM +0200, Stefano Crocchianti wrote: Package: libpam-modules Version: 1.0.1-5+lenny1 Severity: normal I think I found what could be a bug on pam_unix.so module, specifically on passverify.c routine, if NIS map is used and /etc/passwd password field has

Bug#537053: libpam-modules: problems authenticating NIS users from gnome-screensaver

2009-07-14 Thread Stefano Crocchianti
Package: libpam-modules Version: 1.0.1-5+lenny1 Severity: normal I think I found what could be a bug on pam_unix.so module, specifically on passverify.c routine, if NIS map is used and /etc/passwd password field has lower-case x character (as specified into man 5 passwd entry). In this case, the