-----Original Message----- From: Binyon Steve Contr Det 4 AFC2TIG/ASRCC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com (E-mail) Subject: xscreensaver -unlock by root
I've been trying to get xscreensaver to unlock after entering the root password without much luck. Did a google search and found that RH modified xscreensaver to disallowed this type of action and that the source would need to be remade. After a successfull rpm/config/make I copied the new xscreensaver to /usr/X11R6/bin to replace the original and it worked on my local system, so, I copied the new xscreensaver to another system, and I can not get it to work (both run RH 8.0). After extracting the xscreensaver source from the SRPM file into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/xscreensaver-4.05, I examined ./driver/passwd-pam and passwd-pwent.c and saw that after trying the user's passwd, it checks for root's password, which seem to follow what was stated in the xscreensaver man page. Did the ./configure with no errors, and then did the make, which created the ./driver/xscreensaver (plus some other files, such as xscreensaver-demo). I copied the xscreensaver into /usr/X11R6/bin and restarted X (ctrl-alt-bksp). Waited for the blank screen and hit shift, typed in the root password and it worked. Great, so I copied this new xscreensaver to another system and tried the same test which failed. I did notice in /var/log/messages, an authenication failure from pam_unix for both the user and root on the failing system, but I noticed the same messages on the system that it works on. I'm not clear on why it works on one system and not the other. Nor am I clear on where xscreensaver is actually being started from (parent=1) since the man page doesnt seem to match up with with whats on the system. If anyone on the list has successfully got xscreensaver to unlock using root password, can you tell me what I am missing? Thanks. Steve Binyon System Administrator TACCSF (505)853-0368 Solution: First of if one does the make install everything will work as it should, but the trick is if one is using shadow passwords then /usr/X11R6/xscreensaver needs to be setuid. When I did the make install on the orignal system as root this message does not appear and it does it for you, but the mesasage will appear when performed as non-root. I'm still at a lost of determining where xscreensaver is initiated. Hope this helps others in the future. ~smbinyon -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
