Package: login Version: 1:4.0.13-7 Severity: normal Hi,
I recently upgraded from sarge to etch. Under sarge, I would regularly run this command, exec login jsroot from either the base level shell of an xterm or VC - both ttys having been specified in /etc/securetty. This worked fine under sarge, but now no longer works under etch. Note that the user jsroot is an alternate root login, which I regularly use to do sysadmin work. In the VC case, I get this error message printed on the VC, and then I am of course logged off, No utmp entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh" In the xterm case, the login to root is refused with this error message printed to the xterm, Login incorrect then these error messages are printed in the syslog, Jan 24 12:53:59 l1 login[7422]: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=1001 euid=1001 tty=pts/3 ruser= rhost= user=jsroot Jan 24 12:54:02 l1 login[7422]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `pts/3' from `:0.0' FOR `jsroot', Authentication failure and them I am presented on the xterm with a login prompt. When I try to login at this prompt, it is always rejected with this error message printed in the syslog, Jan 24 12:54:51 l1 login[7422]: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. but nothing else is printed to the xterm. Eventually, the login process on the xterm times out, and the xterm is terminated when login gives up. In both cases, it appears that the user running the exec login command has been correctly entered into the utmp file. In the xterm case, I have discovered a work around for this problem, I simply su to user jsroot, start an xterm in the background, and then from that xterm, I can run this command, exec login -f jsroot which gives me the working environment that I wanted in the first place, but without having to authenticate with jsroot's password. Thanks, -- Jeffrey Sheinberg -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/etch APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages login depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 0.79-3 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules l login recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]