Bug#440356: libpam-modules: /var/log/auth.log clutter

[Frédéric Brière <fbriere@fbriere.net>]

On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:24:47AM +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> > First, no, the code which tries to access /etc/default/locale is not in
> > pam. This is configured in the individual, per-package PAM config files
> > in /etc/pam.d/, which are not the responsibility of the pam package.
> 
> Ok.  My assumption is wrong.  In that case the code which tries to access
> /etc/default/locale remains to be identified.

As Steve pointed out, this is part of the PAM configuration of each
package.  For example, from /etc/pam.d/login:

  session   required   pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale

> * I can't find who/what might be responsible for the /etc/default/locale
>   disappearance

Maybe you selected "None" as your default locale?  (See #515099)


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