Comment 11 for bug 89881

The bug is still there in Ubuntu 8.04.1. I am using pam_unix2.so as here we use md5 passwords over NIS, and pam_unix.so fails to update this type of passwords (no way of using passwd instead of yppasswd, and this one only does the old des crypt). In /var/log/auth.log the following line can be found when trying to unlock the screen:

Jul 15 10:09:27 lslpc50 gnome-screensaver-dialog: pam_unix2(gnome-screensaver:auth): conversation failed

For now I will probably try to use pam_unix.so for auth and pam_unix2.so for password changing, disabling all the password types that pam_unix.so couldn't understand (e.g., Blowfish).