Re: su stopped working (after upgrade to squeeze)
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:44:08 +0200, Hanspeter Kunz wrote:
> I have a strange problem on one of my debian squeeze boxes. when I try
> to become root (or any other local user), su fails with
>
> su: Authentication failure
>
> and no, the password is correct :)
(...)
> My best guess is, that the problem is with my pam-configuration, but I
> have a lenny box with exactly the same pam-config that runs without
> problems.
>
> So any hints where to start looking are greatly appreciated.
A very (very) wild guess... do you have installed "libpam-ldapd"? It
seems to be available for Squeeze/Sid but not for Lenny so maybe now that
you updated the system it could be a requirement to fulfill for ldap
logins :-?
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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