Re: HELP Please ! Can't login .
You should read the other mails on this list.
Anyway you need to boot into single-user mode (append "s" after your
image name at lilo prompt), download the libpam*.deb packages from
http://incoming.debian.org and install them, then reboot.
On 27 Jun 2001 04:07:57 -0700, OSU wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am using kernel 2.4.5 with unstable, and was playing around installing
> new software . But in the process I logged off to take a break and was not
> able to log
> back in . I can not login as root or myself . Even before I am able to type
> the password I get the error " loging incorrect" . I am able to login as
> root ( with the
> correct passwd ) if I boot in single user mode. However in this case I can
> not "su" to any other user or even root . "su" gives the error " su:
> Modules is unknown " . Based on what i found on the web I tried the
> following but none worked :
> 1) ran ldconfig
> 2) ran update-modules
> 3) Mercylessly deleted all pam related packages except those in "required
> base" which I reinstalled .
> 4) Tried "adduser" but it failed with "passwd" giving the same error
> "Module is unknown"
>
> How can I reverse these changes and/or find what package is causing the
> problem ?
>
> thanking you
> b thomas
>
>
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