Re: Re: Configuration error running su in unstable WORKAROUND
Hi,
I've run into the same problem this morning. I'm using debian testing
and, right now, all packages are up to date (kernel 2.6.12).
Though i'm not 100% sure, I also think that the problem is related with
the login package, since it is one of the few packages I updated this
morning.
Searching the net I've found
(http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/ChangeLog?rev=1.16) that some of these
login.defs' parameters seems to be enabled or not at compile time
depending on some pam related stuff. "#ifndef USE_PAM".
More over, the file "login.defs.dpkg-dist" (I'm not really sure what is
that *.dpkg-dist file, but it was modified a few weeks ago, so it's
older than the actual login.defs file) says:
################# OBSOLETED BY PAM ##############
# #
# These options are now handled by PAM. Please #
# edit the appropriate file in /etc/pam.d/ to #
# enable the equivelants of them.
#
###############
#MOTD_FILE
#DIALUPS_CHECK_ENAB
#LASTLOG_ENAB
#MAIL_CHECK_ENAB
#OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB
#PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB
#SU_WHEEL_ONLY
#CRACKLIB_DICTPATH
#PASS_CHANGE_TRIES
#PASS_ALWAYS_WARN
#ENVIRON_FILE
#NOLOGINS_FILE
#ISSUE_FILE
#PASS_MIN_LEN
#PASS_MAX_LEN
#ULIMIT
It says that NOLOGINS_FILE is handled by pam. That configuration file
also doesn't make use of any of the problematic configuration options.
So, could it be possible that the login package has installed a wrong
configuration file, an out of date one?
I will check at my home's computer (still not updated) how the
login.defs file looks like.
best regards.
Moisés Garín
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