Re: SOLVED Configuration error running su in unstable
Sravan K Nellutla wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Can you please tell me how you solved the config error problem
> in Debian. Even I get the same error messages. I got your
> email-id when I was Googling on the interet.
>
> I get the same error you got on your pc.
>
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MAX_LEN' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify
administrator)
>
> I started getting these errors after I updated my pc last week.
>
> Cheers,
> Sravan.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Chris Lale wrote:
>
> Since upgrading unstable a week or two ago, running su from a
> terminal reports these errors:
>
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify
administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify
administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MAX_LEN' (notify
administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify
> administrator)
>
> The root prompt appears and is useable. However, gksu fails to run
> applications such as synaptic:
>
> Failed to run synaptic as user root:
> Failed to communicate with gksu-run-helper.
> Received:
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
>
>
> Some cron scripts also mail errors to root. Further upgrades have
> failed to fix the problem. I currently have login 1:4.0.12-6 (the
> package which provides su). I would be grateful for any suggestions.
>
> Chris.
>
>
>
>
Hello Sravan.
(I am putting this on the list.) The problem cured itself when I
upgraded Sid on 20051014. The upgrade overwrote two files
/etc/pam.d/su
/etc/login.defs
Perhaps you could dpkg-reconfigure the pam and login packages and accept
the new default files?
I posted this info at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/10/msg01446.html
Hth
Chris
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