A fix has been released. Thanks for the report.
:-Dustin
** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released => Invalid
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Unable to authenticate user in karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402960
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
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
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