Unable to unlock xscreensaver

[Ryan Golhar]

I have a linux box that authenticates users off an LDAP server.  I'm
able to log in to the box, but if I lock the screen, and try to unlock
it, it fails everytime.  The entry in /var/log/secure shows:

Aug 31 11:47:24 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY
":0.0", FOR "golharam"
Aug 31 11:47:28 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 2 ON DISPLAY
":0.0", FOR "golharam"
Aug 31 11:47:46 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 3 ON DISPLAY
":0.0", FOR "golharam"
Aug 31 11:48:16 valine xscreensaver[21063]: FAILED LOGIN 4 ON DISPLAY
":0.0", FOR "golharam"


One for each try.  The only way to unlock the screen saver is to kill it
from another console.  Why am I unable to unlock the screen?

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Ryan Golhar
Computational Biologist
The Informatics Institute at
The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

Phone: 973-972-5034
Fax: 973-972-7412
Email: golharam at umdnj.edu