Control: reassign -1 libpam0g/1.7.0-5+b2
Control: affects -1 util-linux

Dear PAM maintainers,
Dear debhelper maintainers,

On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 07:31:07PM -0300, Adilson dos Santos Dantas wrote:
> After upgrading util-linux to 2.42.1-4 it was impossible to use su.

util-linux 2.42.1-4 switched to debhelper compat v14, which puts the 
PAM files into /usr/lib/pam.d.

> 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

So it appears PAM is not handling the files in /usr/lib/pam.d 
correctly.

Please advise.

Best,
Chris

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