Unable to unlock xscreensaver

[Paul Crossman]

Did you edit /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver so that it looks to LDAP for
authentication?

Paul C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Golhar
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:55 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Unable to unlock xscreensaver
> 
> I have a linux box that authenticates users off an LDAP server.  I'm
> able to log in to the box, but if I lock the screen, and try to unlock
> it, it fails everytime.  The entry in /var/log/secure shows:
> 
> Aug 31 11:47:24 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY
> ":0.0", FOR "golharam"
> Aug 31 11:47:28 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 2 ON DISPLAY
> ":0.0", FOR "golharam"
> Aug 31 11:47:46 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 3 ON DISPLAY
> ":0.0", FOR "golharam"
> Aug 31 11:48:16 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 4 ON DISPLAY
> ":0.0", FOR "golharam"
> 
> 
> One for each try.  The only way to unlock the screen saver is to kill
it
> from another console.  Why am I unable to unlock the screen?
> 
> -----
> Ryan Golhar
> Computational Biologist
> The Informatics Institute at
> The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
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