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-- Unable to authenticate user in karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402960 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: login I know very little about how login/authentication is handled so I'd be grateful for some help putting together a better report. I am unable to login to my machine after running the latest batch of updates this morning. This is a rundown of what I have experienced... 1) I first noticed the problem when I tried running aptitude a few minutes after the updates. The sudo authentication attempt failed with a segfault. 2) I switched to a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and attempted to login there. After entering my username and password, the terminal simply presents a new login prompt (no error message). 3) I switched back to my X terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F7) and saw an apport crash symbol in the panel. I clicked on the symbol, entered my sudo password and then apport just disappeared. 4) I rebooted and entered my password at the gdm prompt and received an "Unable to authenticate user" error. 5) Repeated step 2, same result, switched back to X 6) Attempted to login to the other (non-admin) account on the machine. Success! However, I cannot do any admin tasks If it helps, I found a file called /var/crash/_bin_login.0.crash but I can't read it as my non-admin account lacks sufficient permission _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
