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Re: gdm and libpam0g?



On Fre, 2002-10-04 at 14:21, David Megginson wrote:
> Before I submit a bug report, is anyone else having any success with
> gdm in experimental?  A few days ago, it lost the ability to
> authenticate any login.  Messages like this show up in
> /var/log/syslog:
> 
>   Oct  4 08:15:40 dobby gdm[1729]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_limits.so)
>   Oct  4 08:15:40 dobby gdm[1729]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_limits.so: undefined symbol: cap_init]
>   Oct  4 08:15:40 dobby gdm[1729]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_limits.so
> 
> In case there was any corruption, I did an apt-get --reinstall for
> gdm, libpam0g, and libpam-modules.  As a wild guess, I also tried
> installing libcap1 just in case it had been omitted from the
> dependencies.  The message is exactly the same in every case.

I hope you're not using the pam stuff from experimental...


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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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