On 05/07/2008 01:55 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > NoOp, > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 08:33:30PM -0000, NoOp wrote: > >> However, this will be an issue for those that upgrade from Gutsy to >> Hardy (as I found out) and suddenly find that they can no longer log >> into their machine via VNC. Perhaps a patch issuing new /etc/pam.d >> /common-auth and /etc/pam.d/common-password with the pam_smbpass.so >> related lines commented out would be a better solution? > > If you're unable to log in via VNC, then that's a much more serious error > and one that's not at all explained by these log errors: the absence of > this "optional" module should not cause any authentication failures, and it > was on that basis that the change was made to enable this module. > > Please open a separate bug report about this issue and provide a link to it > here. We will need to pin down this VNC problem, which may warrant rolling > back the PAM config changes; the logging issue itself should be fixable with > a small patch, but I currently have no explanation for why you would > experience login failures with VNC that would be fixed by installing > libpam-smbpass. >
No clue. I just tested and it now seems to be fine. To test I ensured that libpam-smbpass was not installed on the target machine (this is the one with the Gutsy to Hardy upgrade), and that the edited /etc/pam.d/common-auth and /etc/pam.d/common-password pam_smbpass.so lines were un-commented (put them back). Rebooted the target machine and now can VNC into it just fine; both from a Gutsy machine and a fresh install (fully up to date) Hardy machine. Both using the Terminal Server Client w/xvnc4viewer. So, I can't seem to reproduce. Perhaps it was a case of VNC gremlins? I'll wait until I upgrade another machine from Gutsy to Hardy and if I can reproduce, then I'll file a separate bug. -- error in auth.log when switch user -- pam_smbpass.so https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
