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chra

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Registered: 2019-01-04

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Can't authenticate with vlock

Hi,

I cloned this fork of the original vlock so I could use vlock to lock my X session https://github.com/WorMzy/vlock. Unfortunately, I can't authenticate. If I type my password I get an authentication failure. I've also tried using the default vlock to no avail.

In journalctl I see the below error:

pam_warn(vlock:auth): function=[pam_sm_authenticate] flags=0 service=[vlock] terminal=[pts/0] user=[user] ruser=[<unknown>] rhost=[<unknown>]

I've search everywhere for someone who has had this issue but don't seem to be getting anywhere. Any ideas?

edgy

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Re: Can't authenticate with vlock

No ideas on this end but source does look 6 years old. In most cases this will indicate that a project is no longer maintained and hence very likely to be buggy.

Other than that, if you cared to help me delicate your setup, pair debugging would at least mean some company if not result in the solution to your issue.

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Re: Can't authenticate with vlock

The maintainer is a mod on this forum… enjoy your ban :-P

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WorMzy

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Re: Can't authenticate with vlock

Oh blimey, I uploaded that after the original source disappeared and someone on a mailing list asked if anyone had a copy. It's a static copy, to call me a maintainer would be grossly overstating my involvement with the code.

What OP's issue is, is likely that there isn't a PAM configuration file for vlock. You'll need to create one at /etc/pam.d/vlock.

However, there may be an active fork of vlock now, my mirror of an ancient version should be a last resort.

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chra

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Registered: 2019-01-04

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Re: Can't authenticate with vlock

Oh blimey, I uploaded that after the original source disappeared and someone on a mailing list asked if anyone had a copy. It's a static copy, to call me a maintainer would be grossly overstating my involvement with the code.

What OP's issue is, is likely that there isn't a PAM configuration file for vlock. You'll need to create one at /etc/pam.d/vlock.

However, there may be an active fork of vlock now, my mirror of an ancient version should be a last resort.

Thanks for that. I will have a look around.

EDIT: It seems physlock is a more modern alternative.

Last edited by chra (2019-05-11 12:35:51)