[Bug 67767] Can't Unlock GNOME Screensaver

[Jon Anderson]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

After locking the screen using gnome-screensaver, I can't unlock it
again.

I see the following in /var/log/auth.log:

Oct 23 13:07:15 nick unix_chkpwd[3309]: check pass; user unknown
Oct 23 13:07:15 nick gnome-screensaver-dialog: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=1001 euid=1001 tty=n013h179.wst.mun.ca:1.0 ruser= rhost=  user=the_user_name


I had a similar problem with KDE's screensaver... the solution was to set kcheckpass suid root (chmod 4775 `which kcheckpass`), as it was meant to be.

** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Can't Unlock GNOME Screensaver
https://launchpad.net/bugs/67767