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Revision as of 15:22, 13 July 2013
Sometimes the screensaver will not unlock with a correct password.
Examining the /var/log/auth.log file shows error similar to the following:
Jul 14 19:04:34 desktop unix_chkpwd[1760]: check pass; user unknown
This is caused by the /etc/shadow file having the wrong permissions or ownership. Doing "ls -l /etc/shadow" should display the following:
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1241 2010-08-22 12:43 /etc/shadow
if it does not, correct it so it does.
See:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingScreenLocking https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/600631