We are using PAM via helper, do not issue following warnings: xscreensaver: couldn't get password of "my_uid" xscreensaver: couldn't get password of "root" ================================================================================ Index: driver/passwd-pwent.c =================================================================== --- a/driver/passwd-pwent.c +++ b/driver/passwd-pwent.c @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ get_encrypted_passwd (const char *user) if (!result && (verbose_p -# ifdef HAVE_PAM +# if 1 || 0 # else || 1