Comment 11 for bug 463166

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Juergen Schroeder (js-mr) wrote :

I tried it with a UID 1001:

root:> chmod o-r /etc/shadow

MyUserName:> su - jstest
works:

Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: Successful su for jstest by MyUserName
Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: + /dev/pts/0 MyUserName:jstest
Jan 22 08:38:48 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user jstest by MyUserName(uid=502)
Jan 22 08:38:55 xpcubXYZ su[10286]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user jstest

But jstest can't unlock the screensaver:
Jan 22 08:40:19 xpcubXYZ gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11
Jan 22 08:40:22 xpcubXYZ gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): unix_chkpwd abnormal exit: 11
Jan 22 08:40:22 xpcubXYZ gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): authentication failure;
        logname= uid=1001 euid=1001 tty=:1.0 ruser= rhost= user=jstest

Sometimes I will reinstall the gnome parts. Which one neccessary?

 Juergen