i3lock: Error opening /var/log/faillog for update/read [closed]

asked 2012-11-15 11:05:32 +0000

Chris gravatar image

This is on an Arch with systemd; when successfully unlocking the screen from i3lock, two error lines get added to the systemd journal:
... pam_tally(i3lock:auth): Error opening /var/log/faillog for update
... pam_tally(i3lock:auth): Error opening /var/log/faillog for read
 (no other harmful effects as far as I can tell)

A bit surprising, for a failed unlock attempt (e.g. wrong password), the correct and expected log entry is added:
... pam_unix(i3lock:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=xxx euid=yyy tty= ruser= rhost= user=name ...etc.etc.
 ... and there are no other errors.

Is this a pam config related issue or something with i3lock ?
Thanks.

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Closed for the following reason question is off-topic or not relevant by Michael
close date 2012-11-15 11:10:49.413872

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The FAQ is not a bugtracker, for that use bugs.i3wm.org. Also, the error is from pam_tally, which has nothing to do with i3lock itself. Please ask at the arch forums/community.

Michael gravatar imageMichael ( 2012-11-15 11:10:37 +0000 )edit

For whoever finds this, it is now fixed: "FS#31544 - [i3lock] can't write to /var/log/faillog" ( https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31544 ). It was an Arch/Pam config issue.

Chris gravatar imageChris ( 2013-01-31 07:37:38 +0000 )edit
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