LDAP and xscreensaver

[Lowell Gilbert]

Vulpes Velox <v.velox at vvelox.net> writes:

> xscreensaver: couldn't get password of "kitsune"
> xscreensaver: 13:54:14: locking is disabled (error getting password).
> xscreensaver: 13:54:14: does xscreensaver need to be setuid?  consult
> the manual.
>
> Is what I am getting on the console when I run it. It is setuid. The
> passwords and userinfo is stored in LDAP.

I haven't used LDAP for passwords, so I can't test this, but my guess
would be that you are missing a pam configuration for xscreensaver.
Something like "auth sufficient pam_ldap.so", perhaps?