Re: Password Problem

["Thomas H. George" <lists tomgeorge info>]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 05:35:28PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > When the gnome desktop signs me out due to inactivity it shows a screen
> > with my name on it and asks for a password.  It wont accept my password,
> > the same password I used to start gnome.
> 
> Which distribution? Seems like the files in /etc/pam.d are not correct
> (differences between *gdm* files and *gnome-screensaver* ones.
> 
My system is Debian Squeeze and gnome-session 2.30.2-3 is installed.

The gnome-screensaver file has fewer entries but they match entries in
the gdm file:


tom@dragon:/etc/pam.d$ less gdm
#%PAM-1.0
auth    requisite       pam_nologin.so
auth    required        pam_env.so readenv=1
auth    required        pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale
@include common-auth
auth    optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so
@include common-account
session required        pam_limits.so
@include common-session
session optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
@include common-password
gdm (END) 

tom@dragon:/etc/pam.d$ less gnome-screensaver
@include common-auth
auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so
gnome-screensaver (END) 

> > I can get around this by clicking the change user button and then
> > entering my user name and password.
> 
> This would likely use another pam file, and then work.
> 
> > Since I am the only user and I have only one password this doesn't make
> > sense.
> 
> Suggest to look into those files, and it really seems like either a
> local problem, or a distribution
> 
> > Now that I think about it, I don't really want the desktop to timeout at
> > all.  I am the only user and the only person with access to my computer.
> > I'll check to see if there is a set the timeout interval to infinity.
> 
> You can change that under power in system settings IIRC.

I changed the setting of system/preferences/power management/Put display
to sleep when inactive to never.  System still logs me out when
inactive.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Olav
>