[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-11-26 Thread Paul Sladen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 270781 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270781 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 270781 unix_chkpwd crashes on gnome-screensaver * You can subscribe to bug 270781 by following this link:

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-22 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I tried it with a UID 1001: root: chmod o-r /etc/shadow MyUserName: su - jstest works: Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: Successful su for jstest by MyUserName Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: + /dev/pts/0 MyUserName:jstest Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: pam_unix(su:session): session

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I have the same problem in karmic. Also in xscreensaver where I come from. I run fvwm not gnome. Behind the password field I see a GBr which I can change to ?? I think this is the keyboard level. Yes I try both. If I switch to ?? and kill the screensaver the xterm left the way the AltGr key

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
Shit I got it. ro...@pcub255:/root ll /etc/shadow -rw-r- 1 root shadow 1,5K 2010-01-12 11:32 /etc/shadow ro...@pcub255:/root chmod a+r /etc/shadow I found it in a suse forum. It is really ugly to open the permissions. Before karmic it works. Jürgen -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Claudio Moretti
I solved it by reinstalling my system; But sounds VERY stupid to me to chmod a+r /etc/shadow, as every lamer with John The Ripper can decrypt your password. And as you have this problem, we can reopen this bug and you can help more than I did :) ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Chris Coulson
If you're having to adjust permissions on /etc/shadow to make it work, then it's more likely that you've broken your install rather than this being a bug (probably by removing the sgid bit on /sbin/unix_chkpwd) -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Chris Coulson
What is the output of ls -l /sbin/unix_chkpwd? ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
I got the hint here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204364#c22 Hello Caudio, maybe friday I had 2 hours to try to reinstall some gnome packages at my pc at work. Now I'm at home with the same revision. Here genome-screensaver unlocks fine (but here I have a german keybord, here is

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Chris Coulson
Does anything get logged in /var/log/syslog when you try to unlock the screen? -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. --

Re: [Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-19 Thread Juergen Schroeder
On Di, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:26:50 - Chris Coulson wrote: Does anything get logged in /var/log/syslog when you try to unlock the screen? Yes, i have anonimized it a bit Jan 19 09:12:11 xpcubXYZ gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11 Jan 19

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2010-01-05 Thread Pedro Villavicencio
We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2009-12-07 Thread Brian Murray
** Tags removed: regression-potential -- [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463166 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 463166] Re: [Karmic] gnome-screensaver does not recognize correct password

2009-12-07 Thread Chris Coulson
Thank you for your bug report. Please kill your existing gnome- screensaver, and then run: gnome-screensaver --no-daemon --debug 21 | tee gnome-screensaver.log Try locking and unlocking your screen and then attach the resulting file to this bug report. Thanks! ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver