Comment 20 for bug 321311

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

> Solution:
> -rwxr-sr-x 1 root shadow 30272 2009-03-21 10:33 /sbin/unix_chkpwd
> so adding shadow group to current user it worked for me.

You should *never* have to do this to get screensaver authentication to work. Something is seriously wrong with your setup if this had any effect at all.