Your message dated Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:05:09 +0000
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Bug#1140029: fixed in pam 1.7.0-7
has caused the Debian Bug report #1140029,
regarding I said in 2023 that pam would not support/usr/lib/pam.d: login, su
and others should not use it
to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
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1140029: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1140029
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Package: util-linux
Version: 2.42.1-4
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
After upgrading util-linux to 2.42.1-4 it was impossible to use su.
I got a "Permission denied" message, which makes it impossible to go to the
root shell.
I have found a workaround by creating the following symlinks:
ln -s /usr/lib/pam.d/su /etc/pam.d/su
ln -s /usr/lib/pam.d/su-l /etc/pam.d/su-l
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 7.1.0 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.42.1-4
ii libc6 2.42-16
ii libcap-ng0 0.9.3-1
ii libcrypt1 1:4.5.1-1+b1
ii libmount1 2.42.1-4
ii libpam-modules 1.7.0-5+b2
ii libpam-runtime 1.7.0-5
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-5+b2
ii libselinux1 3.10-1
ii libsmartcols1 2.42.1-4
ii libsystemd0 261~rc3-1
ii libtinfo6 6.6+20251231-1+b1
ii libudev1 261~rc3-1
ii libuuid1 2.42.1-4
Versions of packages util-linux recommends:
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii dosfstools 4.2-1.2
ii kbd 2.9.0-1
ii util-linux-extra 2.42.1-4
ii util-linux-locales 2.42.1-4
ii wtmpdb 0.75.0-6
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: pam
Source-Version: 1.7.0-7
Done: Sam Hartman <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pam, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sam Hartman <[email protected]> (supplier of updated pam package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:40:14 -0600
Source: pam
Architecture: source
Version: 1.7.0-7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Sam Hartman <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Sam Hartman <[email protected]>
Closes: 1140029
Changes:
pam (1.7.0-7) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Stop documenting /usr/lib/pam.d; for now, Closes: #1140029
- See that bug for discussion of next steps
- Also includes a disabled patch to log when config files are found in
/usr/lib/pam.d; that patch will be enablde or removed.
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