[Bug 375569] Re: gnome-screensaver failure - can't access samba password database - not running as root

[AlainKnaff]

> The thing is, this isn't really a bug at all. gnome-screensaver is working exactly as it's supposed to, as is pam_smbpass; it 
> just logs (at severity LOG_DEBUG) a notice that the smbpasswd database is not being updated, because the process isn't 
> running as root.

The issue is that this is being called from each executable that uses
pam, including those that don't have the right to change samba
passwords, such as squid_auth, or vsftpd. The effect is not only log
spam, but also authentication failures (in case of vsftpd: bug #723603).

Solution:

Remove the following lines from /usr/share/pam-configs/smbpasswd-migrate
and re-run pam-auth-update :

Auth-Initial:
        optional                        pam_smbpass.so migrate
Auth-Final:
        optional                        pam_smbpass.so migrate

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  gnome-screensaver failure - can't access samba password database - not
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