[arch-general] [solved] xflock4 password validation fails - Was: xflock4 and pambase

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 13:27 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via arch-general wrote:
> I'll file a bug report against xlockmore later.

Oops, it is already reported two times.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=xlock&project=5&search_name=&type%5B%5D=&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=open&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/61704
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/61715

No need to post my prewritten bug report:

[xlockmore] needs a pam.d file for xlock

After running xlock from command line, the screen can't be unlocked anymore.

To solve the issue I run

$ sudo cp -ai /etc/pam.d/cinnamon-screensaver /etc/pam.d/xlock

see https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2019-February/046049.html