Re: HELP Please ! Can't login .

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Aquila wrote:

> 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.


It's no longer in incoming; but it should be on the mirrors now, so a 
normal "apt-get update"/"apt-get upgrade" should solve the problem 
(after rebooting into single-user mode (ie "linux s" at the "boot:" 
prompt), which will let you log in as root even though PAM is broken).



> 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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