I am still seeing this in Ubuntu 20.04.1: Oct 23 17:29:10 comp gdm-password][1766]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pam in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860826 Title: pam_unix(sudo:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Status in pam package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in pam source package in Groovy: Confirmed Status in pam package in Debian: New Bug description: Hello, after upgrading to focal I found the following in my journalctl output: Jan 24 23:07:00 millbarge sudo[32120]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Jan 24 23:07:01 millbarge sudo[32120]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory The login package stopped packaging this file: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731656 and now forcibly removes the file: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/myh9cGWrHD/ However, the pam package's pam_unix.so module has not yet been adapted to ignore this file: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=674857#25 Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: libpam-modules 1.3.1-5ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-9.12-generic 5.4.3 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jan 24 23:35:33 2020 ProcEnviron: TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pam UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-24 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/1860826/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp