Re: GDM 'authentication failed' (glibc6 problem?)
On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 05:46:26PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> Today I restarted X after several months and as soon as I enter a user
> name I get an 'authentication failed' error box so I can't log into X.
> This is before it asks for a password. I can login to a regular console
> fine. I get the same message when I select the 'configure' option from
> the menu.
>
> I am running testing and have installed all the curently available
> packages in sarge. HELP!
Following up with more information. Log files have these lines:
Apr 6 19:31:14 tc gdm[2221]: PAM unable to
+dlopen(/lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so)
Apr 6 19:31:14 tc gdm[2221]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3'
+not found (required by /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so)]
Apr 6 19:31:14 tc gdm[2221]: PAM adding faulty module:
+/lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so
This is what's in /lib:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2003-04-01 06:54 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.1.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1104040 2003-03-21 11:19 libc-2.3.1.so
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