Re: console login fails

[Patrick Lesslie <patricklesslie@iinet.net.au>]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:12:48PM +1100, Patrick Lesslie wrote:
> I'm having trouble logging into tty1-tty6.  
> 
> I get a prompt, put in my username and hit enter, and then
> it hangs for 10 seconds without asking for a password,
> and brings up another login prompt.

Having done a bit more research, I'm upgrading "util-linux" and the
aptly named "login" to sarge (some things were already there ;).
However apt-get install login fails like this:

...
Unpacking replacement login ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/login_1%3a4.0.3-12_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of `./bin/login' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/login_1%3a4.0.3-12_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'm root, and I'm not sure why this is failing.

thanks,

Patrick Lesslie