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bjlockie
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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:50 am Post subject: can't login [SOLVED] |
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I upgraded something that broke my login.
When I try to login, it doesn't ask for a password and prints the userid prompt 3 times.
I used a livecd and chrooted to my installin the hope that it would display an error when I su - to a userid.
I think the problem is related to with pam not being able to load a library.
How do I see which library is causing the problem?
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PM17E5
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I have the same exact problem. This must be something recent because everything was working up until I did a -uD world after syncing. I tried running revdep-rebuild without any results. Anyone have any ideas? It kind of sucks to have to use Mint Linux from a USB drive until I get this fixed...
I checked /var/log/pwdfail and this is what I have:
| Code: | Apr 20 18:09:24 [login] FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty2' FOR 'user123', Authentication failure
Apr 20 18:09:26 [login] FAILED LOGIN (2) on '/dev/tty2' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Authentication failure
Apr 20 18:09:29 [login] FAILED LOGIN (3) on '/dev/tty2' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Authentication failure
Apr 20 18:09:31 [login] FAILED LOGIN (4) on '/dev/tty2' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Authentication failure
Apr 20 18:09:34 [login] FAILED LOGIN (5) on '/dev/tty2' FOR 'UNKNOWN', Authentication failure |
It never even gave me the password prompt.
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the.root
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Did you run an `etc-update` and update the files in /etc/pam.d ?
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Etal
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Logged out of root an got hit with this. etc-update did fix it.
bug 412721
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PM17E5
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Aha, I feel foolish having missed that! Hopefully that will solve it after I reboot and try it, but you're right I just noticed I have the following:
| Code: | Scanning Configuration files...
The following is the list of files which need updating, each
configuration file is followed by a list of possible replacement files.
1) /etc/pam.d/login (1)
2) /etc/pam.d/passwd (1)
3) /etc/pam.d/su (1) |
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Etal
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If you reboot, be sure you have a liveCD ready, because without updating your configs, your PAM is borked you won't be able to login 
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PM17E5
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Etal wrote: | | If you reboot, be sure you have a liveCD ready, because without updating your configs, your PAM is borked you won't be able to login |
Or a usb stick with Mint or whatever on it, made with unetobotin  . I kind of dig this distro as far as being able to use everything on my system, sound, X, and everything works rather well for 0 configuration. Really made browsing the forums a little more of a pleasurable experience rather than doing it in console with links  .
Edit:
Rebooted, works perfectly after etc-update as well. |
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bjlockie
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| Etal wrote: | | If you reboot, be sure you have a liveCD ready, because without updating your configs, your PAM is borked you won't be able to login |
I found out the hard way.
I always forget to update my config files right away.
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