*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353356 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353356
I had this issue and can confirm it was resolved by:
chown root:shadow /sbin/unix_chkpwd
chmod 2755 /sbin/unix_chkpwd
chown root:shadow /etc/shadow
sudo chmod g+r /etc/shadow
Ubuntu version: 13.10
gnome-screensaver version: 3.6.1
Not sure if it makes a difference, but my /home/ is encrypted.
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