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Date:      Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:34:13 -0700
From:      John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
To:        Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
Cc:        Patrick Oonk <patrick@pine.nl>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: kcheckpass problem in kde2 port
Message-ID:  <20010817093413.A73909@johncoop>
In-Reply-To: <20010817092736.T35352@bohr.physics.purdue.edu>; from will@physics.purdue.edu on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 07:27:36 -0700
References:  <20010817124756.S22886@pine.nl> <20010817092736.T35352@bohr.physics.purdue.edu>

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On 2001.08.17 07:27 Will Andrews wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:47:57PM +0200, Patrick Oonk (patrick@pine.nl)
> wrote:
> > kcheckpass is not made suid root during installation of the port,
> > and fscks up when you have a password protected screensaver as it
> > cannot check the password.
> 
> I know.  I'm not making it setuid root; that's the user's
> responsibility.  I suppose I should warn them though.
> 
> Another issue I ran over is that with the port, it adds entries
> to /etc/pam.conf without permission.  This also screws up the
> screensaver in addition to the above.
> 
> -- 
> wca
> 

Should one delete the /etc/pam.conf entries for a working KDE screensaver? 
Add to them?  Modify them?  It's really a pain having to CTRL-ALT-BKSP out
of the screensaver.  :)

jmc

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