Re: Pam 0.72-26 critically broken

[Henrik Hansen <hh@mailserver.dk>]

oliver <oliver@yoda> wrote:

>>  > Hi.  I uploaded a version of PAM today that fails to minimally work.
>>  > If you install this package, the main  PAM module (pam_unix) fails to
>>  > load.  This means that login, su and other programs that ask for a
>>  > password all fail.
 > 
 > I recogniced it after booting!!
 > can only boot with "linux init=/bin/bash"
 > Currently i`m on my gateway (console, pine, etc.), what do you suggest,
 > how do I get this machine running again?
 > 

I took a install cd and did a :
linux root=/dev/hda1 rw init=/bin/sh

after that i made lilo prompt so i could do a linux single on the lilo
boot prompt then i got my machine in single mode got online got the
new pack installed it and all fixed

-- 
Henrik Hansen