290315 – x11-misc/xlockmore refuses to authenticate non-root users

Bug 290315 - x11-misc/xlockmore refuses to authenticate non-root users

Summary: x11-misc/xlockmore refuses to authenticate non-root users

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team

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Reported:	2009-10-23 23:46 UTC by Dereck
Modified:	2010-02-14 15:22 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Dereck 2009-10-23 23:46:08 UTC

when xlock is executed as a normal user, that user can not unlock the screen.  The authentication fails.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install xlockmore
2. run xlock as user
3. try to unlock screen



Expected Results:  
a user should be able to unlock a screen they locked.

I was able to fix the problem by following the recommendations in the README file for 5.28

They recommend to set /usr/bin/xlock with these permissions.

chmod 4755 /usr/bin/xlock

Including this fix in a patch or future ebuilds should resolve the problem.

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-14 15:15:17 UTC

It should have done that all along with USE="-pam" but for some reason it didn't. Fixed now.

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-14 15:22:15 UTC

Make that: Fixed in 5.29.1.