Chris, Did you run etc-update, or dispatch-conf, to merge configuration file changes? I ran into the same error on several systems, but once I fixed up the configuration files changes, everything was fine.
Sean On Sunday 26 June 2005 10:48 pm, Chris Ong wrote: > Hi all, > And recent upgrade sudo-1.6.8_p9 make sudo with password inpossible. > > After update sudo to the mentioned version, I get the problem and fixed > by FAQ section in > > http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/troubleshooting.html > > Q) Sudo says 'Account expired or PAM config lacks an "account" > section for sudo, contact your system administrator' and exits > but I know my account has not expired. > A) Your PAM config lacks an "account" specification. On Linux this > usually means you are missing a line like: > account required pam_unix.so > in /etc/pam.d/sudo. > > But I was hung in this problem > > Q) When sudo asks me for my password it never accepts what I enter even > though I know I entered my password correctly. > A) If your system uses shadow passwords, it is possible that sudo > didn't detect this. Take a look at the generated config.h file > and verify that the C function used for shadow password lookups > was detected. For instance, for SVR4-style shadow passwords, > HAVE_GETSPNAM should be defined (you can search for the string > "shadow passwords" in config.h with your editor). Note that > there is no define for 4.4BSD-based shadow passwords since that > just uses the standard getpw* routines. > > Well, this is totally out from me to get this done. Is it a bug or > anything in sudo source or the gentoo sudo ebuild? > > -- > Regards, > C. K. Ong (Chris) > Linux System Engineer > RHCT Cert No: 603004347692007 > http://www.redhat.com/rhce/rhce603004347692007.html > > My Directory Sdn. Bhd. > Your Open Source Partner. > http://www.md.com.my http://www.net.my > 2005 > > This week's fortune: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux > Ö(Unknown source) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > fortune-mod version 1.99.1 -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - "Where information becomes knowledge." -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list