Making /etc/ldap/ldap.conf also world readable fixes this problem. But this still means that anyone can see the password to connect to the ldap-server.
Can't this be fixed by making gnome-screensaver use nscd or something. How does sudo and others take care of this? -- Unable to unlock screen when using ldap https://launchpad.net/bugs/64301 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs