*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 600631 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600631
I'm glad I found this bug report. My xscreensaver has been doing the
same thing. I changed the group on /etc/shadow from 'root' to 'shadow'
and it resolved the issue.
I don't recall ever having touched the
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 600631 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600631
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 600631
Password does not unlock screen
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Excerpt from /var/log/auth.log
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May 7 11:11:35 hss-laptop unix_chkpwd[6780]: check pass; user unknown
May 7 11:11:35 hss-laptop unix_chkpwd[6780]: password check failed for user
(hss)
May 7 11:11:35 hss-laptop xscreensaver[6755]: pam_unix(xscreensaver:auth):
authentication failure;
Solved:
My /etc/shadow belonged to root:root
After changing ownershop to root:shadow, login works again.
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Title:
xscreensaver doesn't accept
Did you manipulate this file yourself at some point (like copying it
from an old installation) or is this a bug in Xubuntu?
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Title:
xscreensaver
I copied it at one time.
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Title:
xscreensaver doesn't accept correct password
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OK, just checked:
No, the US Keyboard Layout doesn't help, either.
I did two tests:
One: Leave German Keyboard Layout and type the password according to US
Keyboard Layout.
Two: Switch to US Layout and type according US Layout.
Neither worked. I would have expected at least the US Layout to
Do you know if this worked fine in 11.10?
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Yes, it did.
Tormod Volden 992...@bugs.launchpad.net schrieb:
Do you know if this worked fine in 11.10?
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Title:
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** Tags added: regression-release
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Thanks for your report. Do you think the keyboard layout can be wrong?
Does it work if you type in your password as if you had a US English
keyboard for instance?
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How can I do that? If you give me hans on, I am more than willing to
help debug!
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Title:
xscreensaver doesn't accept correct password
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Close your eyes, and imagine you have a US keyboard :) Under keyboard
layout preferences there should be a preview option, where you can see
how different layouts look like.
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