Solved: Kielbasa 64bit, can't log back in after screen lock

[dkeg]

strange problem. when I lock the screen I can't get back in. It doesn't recognize my password. tried some searches, no dice though. Has this issue come up before? I thought I may have read it here or the other forum, but don't remember well enough to help me find it.

Didn't notice until started using JWM. thought it might be associated, but same thing in other wm.

[machinebacon]

Hi drew,

that's quite new to me but I have to admit I never lock my screen. Is it the 'screen lid' lock activated via power-manager or xlock or xscreensaver? I don't use either, so I would have to check first what the root cause is.

[dkeg]

both xscreensaver and i3lock. I activated through keyboard, not lid closing. Then when I noticed it, tried again, making sure it wasn't a fluke, then in i3, tried i3lock, and the same thing. It comes back as 'failed'. I have to do a hard shutdown to recover from it.

[machinebacon]

Sorry, no idea really. I install both now and check what the problem might be.

[machinebacon]

Okay, got one cause:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.d ... al/1005744

Now checking for xscreensaver.

[machinebacon]

Ok, fixed:

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sudo chown root:shadow /etc/shadow

Thanks for reporting the problem ;)

[dkeg]

nice find. Looks similar for xscreensaver. Checked the /var/log/auth.log

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xscreensaver
Dec  9 13:44:38 bbq sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by dkeg(uid=0)
Dec  9 13:44:58 bbq sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Dec  9 13:48:46 bbq unix_chkpwd[3413]: check pass; user unknown
Dec  9 13:48:52 bbq unix_chkpwd[3415]: check pass; user unknown
Dec  9 13:48:52 bbq unix_chkpwd[3415]: password check failed for user (dkeg)
Dec  9 13:48:52 bbq xscreensaver: pam_unix(xscreensaver:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=:0.0 ruser= rhost=  user=dkeg
Dec  9 13:48:54 bbq xscreensaver[3410]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY ":0.0", FOR "dkeg"

*EDIT -> looks like you won't need this. Great work, thanks.

[dkeg]

great! Can confirm it works. thanks!