pam_tally and unlocking user accounts



Hello

  sorry if this has been asked before, I have query with regard to
pam_tally and gnome-screensaver. if pam_tally is set in system-auth on
fedora, gnome screensaver is not able to unlock the screen.

  Reason being, pam_tally needs root privileges to write to
"/var/log/faillog" and gnome-screensaver-dialog runs as a regular user.

 Is there a workaround this other than setuid root for
gnome-screensaver-dialog ( which i have not tested ) ?
 

tia.

for self reference:

GnomeScreensaver faq - Why does the screensaver unlock dialog always
think my password is invalid ?
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head-b341212ad28dcfa19c1022ff043899eb77b4aa4b

xscreensaver vs gnome-screensaver
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/screensaver-list/2006-February/msg00000.html


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