On 04/19/2012 12:46 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 and > found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only made > the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to > sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.
I've never been clear on how ssh authenticates a new login. Why would your ssh login be accepted? Did you ssh in as a user and su to root? Anyway, just as another data point I did the same update today and have no trouble logging in. Here are my useflags for comparison Installed versions: 20120417!b(03:40:29 AM 04/19/2012)(consolekit cracklib gnome-keyring pam_ssh sha512 -debug -minimal -mktemp -pam_krb5 -passwdqc -selinux) Installed versions: 4.1.5-r1(03:41:02 AM 04/19/2012)(acl cracklib pam -audit -nls -selinux -skey -tcb -xattr) (The pam_ssh useflag allows me to log in with my ssh passphrase instead of my password, but that doesn't apply to the root account.)
