I have this same issue, started a couple months ago. Everything worked
previously. The fixes mentioned above did not help, other than the
"switch user and exit X" tip. Must have a regression somewhere because
the most recent comment above is 12 years old (I'm running 20.04).
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Same issue on 18.04.
Sometimes, not always, lockscreen starts saying "wrong password".
Currently I'm fixing it via switching to a tty (ctl+alt+f1) and sending SIGTERM
to everything that mention screensaver except for gsd-screensaver-proxy (simply
via htop interface). After that workaround I'm
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Observing same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 (after upgrading from 14.04 where
same problem was appearing).
I consider that this effect is also there if you lock the screen manually.
Same workaround works:
- (lock screen manually; re-login says "wrong password"
- try to login as another user with wrong
It's a bit late XD, but try after Saramburu's commands:
sudo chmod g+r /etc/shadow
It worked for me ;)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353356
Title:
I am experiencing the exact same issue and Saramburu solution doesn't
work for me. It must be because of recent updates since this issue only
started today and I was able to unlock my screen many times a day just
recently.
This is a major problem for me since I have another bug when I switch
We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in
the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further.
However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and
don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver
You can see the solution here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/299717
SOLUTION:
chown root:shadow /sbin/unix_chkpwd
chmod 2755 /sbin/unix_chkpwd
chown root:shadow /etc/shadow
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Gnome screensaver lock always reports incorrect password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353356
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What versions of Ubuntu, Gnome, and gnome-screensaver are affected?
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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Gnome screensaver lock always reports incorrect password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353356
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