Re: Help!!! - Potato upgrade using dselect trashed computer...
Thanks for the reply Eric,
I have attacked the output from /etc/dpkg -S pam
"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 12:19:48AM -0700, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
> > Hello & Help!
> >
> > I have a potato system that was running fine until a few minutes ago...
> >
> > After the upgrade I have seen these problems: (It upgraded about 50M of
> > packages).
> >
> > 1. I can not login to a virtual terminal. When I try I do not even get
> > prompted for a password. I looked in my /etc/passwd file and all of the
> > password fields are now :x: except for a user called 'admin'.
> The x indicates shadow passwords (you can't read 'em so don't try). I've
> seen this "admin" user mentioned a few times, but I don't have it...??
>
> >
> > 2. I tried to set a password of an account and I get a segmentation
> > fault when I try to run passwd.
> >
> > 3. My x-server CTRL-ALT + F7 now has the following error message instead
> > of a graphical login screen.
> > su[4340] PAM (other) illegal module type: OTHER
> Apparently there's a PAM issue....
>
> >
> > What is going on? Please help me recover my system. I currently have a
> > single login as root where I was running dselect. I am afraid to log
> > off because I don't want to be locked out permanently.
>
> Perhaps, for safety (until you can fix this problem) remove root's
> password from /etc/passwd. I'm assuming no one else is using, having
> access to this account?
>
> Sorry, can't help ya more, but maybe you can list all of the pam related
> packages you have:
>
> $ dpkg -S pam
>
> may give an idea.
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libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_ftp.so
debhelper: /usr/share/man/man1/dh_installpam.1.gz
passwd: /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.pam.gz
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules
login: /usr/share/doc/login/README.pam.gz
imagemagick: /usr/doc/imagemagick/examples/spam.gif
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.8.gz
libpam0g: /lib/libpamc.so.0
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g
libpam0g: /lib/libpamc.so.0.70
util-linux: /etc/pam.d/kbdrate
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_wheel.so
postgresql-dev: /usr/include/postgresql/access/heapam.h
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/README.gz
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man7/pam-undocumented.7.gz
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/changelog.gz
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/changelog.Debian.gz
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_rootok.so
libpam-modules: /etc/security/pam_env.conf
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_access.so
login: /etc/pam.d/login
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/TODO
libpam0g: /lib/libpam_misc.so.0.70
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_filter.so
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/TODO.Debian
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_tally.so
libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_time.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_passwd.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_group.so
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/changelog.gz
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_limits.so
libpam-runtime: /etc/pam.d/other
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/changelog.Debian.gz
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_warn.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_motd.so
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/changelog.Debian.gz
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_issue.so
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/.cvsignore
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.conf.8.gz
passwd: /etc/pam.d/passwd
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/Makefile
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_shells.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_acct.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_permit.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_env.so
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime
libpam0g: /lib/libpam_misc.so.0
passwd, util-linux, libpam-runtime, login: /etc/pam.d
login: /etc/pam.d/su
debhelper: /usr/bin/dh_installpam
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/copyright
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_stress.so
libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0.70
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/README.Debian
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.d.8.gz
passwd: /etc/pam.d/chsh
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so
libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/copyright
libpam-runtime: /etc/pam.conf
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_lastlog.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_deny.so
passwd: /etc/pam.d/chfn
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_listfile.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_userdb.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_session.so
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_mail.so
libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/upperLOWER.c.gz
libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/changelog.gz
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