on Wed, Oct 02, 2002, Roman Joost ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't know what i did wrong, but i can't login no more. Not with a user > account and not with root. If i login the xsession-error file tells me nothing, > because there no errors. > > Anyone the same problem and know what i can do to fix it? I looked in > /var/log/auth.log and can't find an error. > A hint where to look for error will be appreciated.
Immediately after a login failure, switch to a VT and take a peek at the end of /var/log/syslog. Do you have an error from PAM regarding pam_limits.so? If you do, then you can temporarily circumvent the problem by editing /etc/pam.d/gdm and commenting out the line that mentions pam_limits.so. gdm should now let you login. * WARNING * I do NOT know how much this compromises the security of your system. I'm no PAM expert. Can someone with PAM-fu help us out here? Do I need to file bugs against PAM (specifically, libpam-modules which owns the pam_limits.so) or the packages? I've seen this problem on gdm and ssh, and the above procedure fixed it on both. Note that this is only happening on my unstable/experimental box, The Woody box is fine. Regards, Peter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
