Bug#236078: kdm in testing / unstable does not validate passwords

[Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi>]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 07:20:59PM -0600, Wayne Schroeder wrote:
> Package: kdm
> Version: 3.1.5-2
> 
> Fresh woody install, new 2.4.25 kernel, apt-get install -t unstable
> x-window-system for my geforce4 etc, apt-get install -t testing kde kdm.

mixing distribuitions like that isnt really supported. Granted, the
depency system should figure out correctly, but nothing guarantees it.

> Everything is great except that kdm doesn't check my passwords at
> login.  I can login as any user, including root, with any password. 

This sounds definetly scary, however, we need some more info.
Specifically,

The versions of following packages, and if not the versions in sarge,
try with the sarge versions:

libpam-runtime
libpam0g
kdelibs4 

contents of 
/etc/pam.d/kdm
/etc/pam.d/common*

Also, /var/log/auth.log could carry some clues.



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