Package: swaylock
Version: 1.8.2-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I had issues unlocking swaylock as well.
At first, I fixed this issue by copying a few fixes from the internet, but then this issue appeared again after updating some packages.

This time, I used 'sudo chmod 6755 /sbin/unix_chkpwd', and was able to unlock swaylock again afterwards. I do not remember where I originally got the command from, but it was in my .bash_history.

I suspect that this might be a permissions issue.

The packages that I updated on the day that swaylock stopped unlocking again were:
dpkg:amd64 1.22.20 1.22.21
libperl5.40:amd64 5.40.1-3 5.40.1-5
perl:amd64 5.40.1-3 5.40.1-5
perl-base:amd64 5.40.1-3 5.40.1-5
perl-modules-5.40:all 5.40.1-3 5.40.1-5
libpam-runtime:all 1.7.0-3 1.7.0-5
libpam0g-dev:amd64 1.7.0-3 1.7.0-5
libpam0g:amd64 1.7.0-3 1.7.0-5
libsystemd-dev:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libudev-dev:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libsystemd0:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libpam-systemd:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
systemd-sysv:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libsystemd-shared:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
systemd:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libnss-mymachines:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
systemd-container:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
udev:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libudev1:amd64 257.6-1 257.7-1
libpam-modules-bin:amd64 1.7.0-3 1.7.0-5
libpam-modules:amd64 1.7.0-3 1.7.0-5
docker-ce-cli:amd64 5:28.3.1-1~debian.13~trixie 5:28.3.2-1~debian.13~trixie docker-ce:amd64 5:28.3.1-1~debian.13~trixie 5:28.3.2-1~debian.13~trixie nftables:amd64 1.1.2-1 1.1.3-1
libnftables1:amd64 1.1.2-1 1.1.3-1
buildah:amd64 1.39.3+ds1-1+b4 1.39.3+ds1-1+b5
containernetworking-plugins:amd64 1.1.1+ds1-3+b16 1.1.1+ds1-3+b17 containers-storage:amd64 1.57.2+ds1-1+b1 1.57.2+ds1-1+b2 docker-ce-rootless-extras:amd64 5:28.3.1-1~debian.13~trixie 5:28.3.2-1~debian.13~trixie
docker-compose-plugin:amd64 2.38.1-1~debian.13~trixie 2.38.2-1~debian.13~trixie dpkg-dev:all 1.22.20 1.22.21
libdpkg-perl:all 1.22.20 1.22.21
patch:amd64 2.8-1 2.8-2
libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64 1.26.2-1 1.26.2-2
gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0:amd64 1.26.2-1 1.26.2-2
libibus-1.0-dev:amd64 1.5.32-1 1.5.32-2
libibus-1.0-5:amd64 1.5.32-1 1.5.32-2
gir1.2-ibus-1.0:amd64 1.5.32-1 1.5.32-2
grub-efi-amd64:amd64 2.12-8 2.12-9
grub2-common:amd64 2.12-8 2.12-9
grub-efi-amd64-unsigned:amd64 2.12-8 2.12-9
grub-efi-amd64-bin:amd64 2.12-8 2.12-9
grub-common:amd64 2.12-8 2.12-9
grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 1+2.12+8 1+2.12+9
initramfs-tools-bin:amd64 0.148.2 0.148.3
initramfs-tools:all 0.148.2 0.148.3
initramfs-tools-core:all 0.148.2 0.148.3
libcjson1:amd64 1.7.18-3+b1 1.7.18-3.1
mariadb-common:all 1:11.8.1-4 1:11.8.2-1
libmariadb3:amd64 1:11.8.1-4 1:11.8.2-1
qtbase5-private-dev:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
qtbase5-dev:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5core5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5dbus5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5network5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5gui5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5widgets5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6 libqt5printsupport5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5sql5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5test5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5xml5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
qt5-qmake:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
qt5-qmake-bin:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
qtbase5-dev-tools:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6 libqt5concurrent5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5opengl5t64:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6
libqt5sql5-sqlite:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6 qt6-base-private-dev:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
qmake6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
qt6-base-dev:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6core6t64:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
qmake6-bin:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6dbus6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6network6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6gui6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
qt6-qpa-plugins:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6opengl6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6widgets6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6openglwidgets6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6printsupport6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6sql6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6test6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6xml6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
qt6-base-dev-tools:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6concurrent6:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libqt6sql6-sqlite:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
libssh-dev:amd64 0.11.1-2 0.11.2-1
libssh-4:amd64 0.11.1-2 0.11.2-1
osinfo-db:all 0.20250124-1 0.20250606-1
podman:amd64 5.4.2+ds1-1+b3 5.4.2+ds1-1+b4
qt5-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 5.15.15+dfsg-5 5.15.15+dfsg-6 qt6-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 6.8.2+dfsg-7 6.8.2+dfsg-8
shim-signed-common:all 1.44+15.8-1 1.46+15.8-1
shim-signed:amd64 1.44+15.8-1 1.46+15.8-1

I am using kernel 6.12.33+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.33-1 (2025-06-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux and libc version 2.41-9

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,
Ayaan

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