Pam_tally error opening /var/log/faillog for update

This is an issue with the PAM module, not cinnamon-screensaver. Skip to content. Star New issue. Jump to bottom. Copy link. So how does gnome-screensaver do it then? Ah oke, I'll see if I can find something over there. Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub.

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Active 3 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. MountainX MountainX Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Samantha M. Could you elaborate on what this does and how it fixes the problem?

I understand your command will make the kcheckpass program run as the file's owner instead of the user who invoked it. I would think it isn't. As the original question stated, kcheckpass was meant to be run with SUID so it had the proper permissions to perform its tasks. This may have changed since the kcheckpass rewrite more information here blog.

When I was seeing this error in my log I was also having login issues as well, so the messages were indicative of a larger issue. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog.