Re: su doesn't work; root cannot log in! Arrgggg
If you run sid, I recommend that you subscribe to debian-devel. There
has been a lot of discussion recently on PAM problems following a
recent upgrade, which looks like what is happening in your case. I
believe that new packages in /incoming correct the problem.
Bob
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:35:53PM +1000, Alan Davis wrote:
> My machine has been up for a few days, and now I cannot take it down, since only the sessions that are now open to root will work. I am running "sid" the unstable, and recently did a major upgrade.
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> In an xterm, the following is received:
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> bash-2.05$ su
> su: Module is unknown
> Sorry.
> bash-2.05$
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> What the heck does that mean?
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> Also, back on a virtual terminal/console. Root cannot log in.
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> I reinstalled the login package with no effect.
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