Thanks for the reply Eric, I have attacked the output from /etc/dpkg -S pam
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 12:19:48AM -0700, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > Hello & Help! > > > > I have a potato system that was running fine until a few minutes ago... > > > > After the upgrade I have seen these problems: (It upgraded about 50M of > > packages). > > > > 1. I can not login to a virtual terminal. When I try I do not even get > > prompted for a password. I looked in my /etc/passwd file and all of the > > password fields are now :x: except for a user called 'admin'. > The x indicates shadow passwords (you can't read 'em so don't try). I've > seen this "admin" user mentioned a few times, but I don't have it...?? > > > > > 2. I tried to set a password of an account and I get a segmentation > > fault when I try to run passwd. > > > > 3. My x-server CTRL-ALT + F7 now has the following error message instead > > of a graphical login screen. > > su[4340] PAM (other) illegal module type: OTHER > Apparently there's a PAM issue.... > > > > > What is going on? Please help me recover my system. I currently have a > > single login as root where I was running dselect. I am afraid to log > > off because I don't want to be locked out permanently. > > Perhaps, for safety (until you can fix this problem) remove root's > password from /etc/passwd. I'm assuming no one else is using, having > access to this account? > > Sorry, can't help ya more, but maybe you can list all of the pam related > packages you have: > > $ dpkg -S pam > > may give an idea. > -- > +----------------------------------------------------+ > | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | > | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | > +----------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_ftp.so debhelper: /usr/share/man/man1/dh_installpam.1.gz passwd: /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.pam.gz libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules login: /usr/share/doc/login/README.pam.gz imagemagick: /usr/doc/imagemagick/examples/spam.gif libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.8.gz libpam0g: /lib/libpamc.so.0 libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g libpam0g: /lib/libpamc.so.0.70 util-linux: /etc/pam.d/kbdrate libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_wheel.so postgresql-dev: /usr/include/postgresql/access/heapam.h libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/README.gz libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man7/pam-undocumented.7.gz libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/changelog.gz libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/changelog.Debian.gz libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_rootok.so libpam-modules: /etc/security/pam_env.conf libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_access.so login: /etc/pam.d/login libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/TODO libpam0g: /lib/libpam_misc.so.0.70 libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_filter.so libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/TODO.Debian libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_tally.so libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0 libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_time.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_passwd.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_group.so libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/changelog.gz libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_limits.so libpam-runtime: /etc/pam.d/other libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/changelog.Debian.gz libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_warn.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_motd.so libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/changelog.Debian.gz libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_issue.so libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/.cvsignore libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.conf.8.gz passwd: /etc/pam.d/passwd libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/Makefile libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_shells.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_acct.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_permit.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_env.so libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime libpam0g: /lib/libpam_misc.so.0 passwd, util-linux, libpam-runtime, login: /etc/pam.d login: /etc/pam.d/su debhelper: /usr/bin/dh_installpam libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/copyright libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_stress.so libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0.70 libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/README.Debian libpam-runtime: /usr/share/man/man8/pam.d.8.gz passwd: /etc/pam.d/chsh libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_securetty.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so libpam-runtime: /usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/copyright libpam-runtime: /etc/pam.conf libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_lastlog.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_deny.so passwd: /etc/pam.d/chfn libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_listfile.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_userdb.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_unix_session.so libpam-modules: /lib/security/pam_mail.so libpam-modules: /usr/share/doc/libpam-modules/examples/upperLOWER/upperLOWER.c.gz libpam0g: /usr/share/doc/libpam0g/changelog.gz
