I suspect that you've the 26 series of libpam modules (known as broken). Upgrade your libpam* packages (or downgrade if old version are present in /var/cache/apt/archive).
Christophe On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:07:57 OSU wrote: > hi, > > I am using kernel 2.4.5 with unstable, and was playing around installing > new software . But in the process I logged off to take a break and was > not > able to log > back in . I can not login as root or myself . Even before I am able to > type > the password I get the error " loging incorrect" . I am able to login as > root ( with the > correct passwd ) if I boot in single user mode. However in this case I > can > not "su" to any other user or even root . "su" gives the error " su: > Modules is unknown " . Based on what i found on the web I tried the > following but none worked : > 1) ran ldconfig > 2) ran update-modules > 3) Mercylessly deleted all pam related packages except those in "required > > base" which I reinstalled . > 4) Tried "adduser" but it failed with "passwd" giving the same error > "Module is unknown" > > How can I reverse these changes and/or find what package is causing the > problem ? > > thanking you > b thomas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Christophe Barbé Software Engineer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lineo France - Lineo High Availability Group 42-46, rue Médéric - 92110 Clichy - France phone (33).1.41.40.02.12 - fax (33).1.41.40.02.01 http://www.lineo.com
