Re: xscreensaver says missing pam_lastlog.so?

On 6/2/26 11:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Thanks Samuel,
> 
> On 6/3/26 15:43, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 6/2/26 8:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> I notice that whenever I unlock the screen (following a "lock 
>>> screen") I get this in the system log:
>>>
>>> 2026-06-03T13:18:43+10:00 xscreensaver-auth[615805]: PAM unable to 
>>> dlopen(/usr/lib64/security/pam_lastlog.so): /usr/lib64/security/ 
>>> pam_lastlog.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
>>> directory
>>> 2026-06-03T13:18:43+10:00 xscreensaver-auth[615805]: PAM adding 
>>> faulty module: /usr/lib64/security/pam_lastlog.so
>>>
>>> There is no pam_lastlog.so on my system and dnf says no package is 
>>> providing it.
>>
>> Look in /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver.  Remove any lines referencing lastlog.
> 
> Not mentioned there.
> 
> However I see it in /etc/pam.d/postlogin, so removing it.

Looks like it should be lastlog2 now.
Is that file a symlink?
Try running "authselect select local".  Add "-f" to the command if it 
doesn't work the first time.  That will reset the pam settings to the 
default.

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