[bug-notifications] [xscreensaver 0000652]: screen locking does not work with LDAP user database

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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=652 
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Reported By:                meik
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    xscreensaver
Issue ID:                   652
Category:                   packaging
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2004-10-11 06:33 CEST
Last Modified:              2012-04-27 15:53 CEST
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Summary:                    screen locking does not work with LDAP user database
Description: 
xscreensaver 4-18 can\'t lock screen:

#xscreensaver
xscreensaver: couldn\'t get password of \"hellmund\"

It works for users with entries in passwd/shadow but not for users  in the
LDAP database. 
I think the reason is the missing PAM support. I compiled my own version
with ./configure --with-pam and it runs ok. 
(Of course, it then needs some entries in /etc/pam.config in order to work
properly. 
If this is a problem, perhaps an  additional version 
\"xscreensaver-pam\" would be a good idea.)  

I could use my own xscreensaver but pkg-get is so nice (and gnome has it as
a dependency).  


PS:
perhaps the reporter of bug#409 has a similar configuration? 
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 (0009841) phil (manager) - 2012-04-27 15:53
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=652#c9841 
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Comment to dam:
perhaps not an additional version, but an additional layer package of
xscreensaver_pam, would be a good idea, just to do the tweak of the pam
file.
It could be nice to have the "modify the pam config file" choice be
sticky.
Hm. it would also make the "shared /opt/csw" type of thing work better as
well. Like the separate
"_dtlogin" type extra packages we used to make, for "local" enablement.

That being said, it MIGHT be that compiling with pam support, made it NOT
work unless the pam mods were also made. That could be why the binary was
not compiled with them. Best that you test that out, and if so, make
additional package :(
.