xscreensaver problems with new system-auth

Josh Miller joshua at itsecureadmin.com
Thu Aug 3 20:52:42 UTC 2006


How about backing out all changes except one, and then implementing them 
one by one until it fails again?  That is probably the easiest way to 
tell which change kills it.

- Josh

Bill Tangren wrote:
> I have noticed that xscreensaver no longer accepts my password when I 
> try to log in (to GNOME). The log error message I get is:
>
> Aug  3 16:06:17 mach2 xscreensaver[3731]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY 
> ":0.0", FOR "bjt"
>
> # This is what I have in system-auth:
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so onerr=fail 
> no_magic_root
> auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so deny=3 
> no_magic_root reset
> password    required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 
> type=mach2 minlen=8 dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1 lcredit=0
> password    sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok 
> use_authok md5 shadow remember=15
> password    required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
>
> # This is the default
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so
> auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
> account     sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 
> 100 quiet
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so
> password    requisite     /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3
> password    sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok 
> use_authtok md5 shadow remember=10
> password    required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
>
> Can anyone tell me what here is stopping xscreensaver from accepting 
> my password (when the login and command line does)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill Tangren
>




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