"Michael B. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As others have stated, the -26 version of pam in sid is broken, so if you
> install it, you wont be able to login at all.
>
> Unfortunately, I *have* installed it and don't have a session open.
> Question: What is the best way (using a rescue disk) to
> fix/circumvent/whatever pam well enough to be able to login once and repair
> the situation with the new debs?
hi,
i fall into this pit too, and on bugs.debian.org i found the following
solution:
boot your kernel with init=/bin/bash
remount your your rootfs rw (e.g. with /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
mount other filesystems (/etc/init.d/mountall.sh)
then install the old packages with dpkg.
that's the i've done it and it worked.
hth,
daniel
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