On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:56:48 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I'll run the update again today, paying more attention, and see what > happens.
What happened is it broke again, with no obvious signs of the cause. conf-update reported only trivial changes to three files. % su su: Authentication failure It didn't even ask for a password. All the syslog contained was Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: FAILED su for root by nelz Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: - /dev/pts/3 nelz:root Which is about as informative as "Doh!". This was in Konsole, switching to a VC, entering my username (or root) gave five reports of "Login incorrect" followed by "Maximum number of tries exceeded". Once again, no password request. Could this be the problem, that it is trying to authenticate me without, for whatever reason, asking for a password first? -- Neil Bothwick You know the end of the world is near when the Spice Girls start reproducing.
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