tags 520184 upstream severity 520184 wishlist reassign 520184 pam thanks On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 06:44:01AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Quoting Josh Triplett ([email protected]): > > Package: passwd > > Version: 1:4.1.1-6 > > Severity: normal > > > > With the root filesystem read-only, passwd gives the obscure error > > message "Authentication token lock busy", rather than a more useful > > message like "Filesystem read-only". > > > This is a PAM message: > > bubu...@mykerinos:~/src/debian/dpkg/git/po> msgunfmt > /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/Linux-PAM.mo |grep -i token > msgid "Authentication token aging disabled" > msgid "Authentication token expired" > msgid "Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required" > msgid "Authentication token lock busy"
Hence reassigning to PAM, but I don't think anything can be done for this as PAM probably uses lckpwdf(), which does not provide any differentiation on why the lock on the password database could not be acquired. I would propose to close this bug. Best Regards, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
