screen lock for solaris 8

John Micheal · 04-08-2004, 09:23 AM

Dear All,

i have a problem that when i lock the screen with any user rather than root

the screen keep locked and never able to log back again

when i lock it with the root , i can log back normaly

even when it is locked , i was able to telnet on that machine using any user name .

i don't know what is the problem

jlliagre · 04-08-2004, 09:49 AM

Are you running CDE or another graphic environment ?
Is this the standard screen lock or a custom program ?
Can you unlock it with the root password even when logged in under another account ?

John Micheal · 04-11-2004, 02:14 AM

i am running the CDE

no i can't even unlock it with root password if it is locked by any other user

it is just the normal lock screen

jlliagre · 04-11-2004, 04:43 AM

Are there any clues in your user's account cde logs (~/.dt directory) ?
Did you change anything on the system file permissions, specially /usr/dt/bin/dtsession ?
Are you using non passwd/shadow authentication ?
Are you running X11/CDE remotely ?
What Solaris version are you using ?

John Micheal · 04-13-2004, 02:44 AM

i will check all what you said and tell you what i found , i am not in the site for about a week so it will take me sometime to tell you what i found .

Thanks.