I got the source to util-linux-2.9i, compiled and installed it. If you
do it that way, it doesn't mess with init (the package includes
simpleinit, which is not meant for rh systems). I recommend you get the
source and read INSTALL.
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Johan Herland wrote:
> Since I installed util-linux-2.9i-1.i386.rpm, I can't login to my
> system.
> The startup is quite normal, and I get the login prompt as usual, but
> after I've written my username and password, the following message
turns
> up:
>
> PAM_pwdb[18]: (login) session opened for user johan by (uid=501)
>
This looks _wrong_. Getty should inherit uid 0 from init. Pam needs
that to get at the password database. Who is user 501? Can he login?
If I force an instance of getty to run as a nonroot user, that user can
login, all others fail...but then I don't get the (login) session
message for a failed login.
You may have to use the rescue option of an install boot.img/supp.img to
undo what you have done to yourself. :-)
> ...and then the login prompt appears again.
> The number in the brackets (PAM_pwdb[xx]) increases by one for each
time
> I try to login.
That's just the process ID. I think that means the login is aborting.
You might check that /etc/pam.d/login is present and in good order, and
that nobody has eaten the various libpam's, and check /etc/shadow - does
RH use shadow? - or /etc/passwd.
> The problem is present on all my VCs
>
> I'm using RH5.0
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Johan Herland ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Web-designer / Student
> Digital Fortellerteknikk
> Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow?...
>
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