Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unattended-upgrades
Today, unattended-upgrade upgraded PAM: # fgrep pam /var/log/dpkg.log |grep upgrade 2011-05-31 06:47:18 upgrade libpam0g 1.1.1-4ubuntu2 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.2 2011-05-31 06:47:20 upgrade libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.2 2011-05-31 06:47:24 upgrade libpam-runtime 1.1.1-4ubuntu2 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.2 After this, cron was broken: May 31 06:46:01 dns-cbf CRON[15914]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0) May 31 06:46:01 dns-cbf CRON[15914]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user nobody May 31 06:47:01 dns-cbf CRON[16042]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0) May 31 06:47:01 dns-cbf CRON[16042]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user nobody May 31 06:48:01 dns-cbf CRON[16833]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_env.so): /lib/libpam.so.0: version `LIBPAM_MODUTIL_1.1.3' not found (required by /lib/security/pam_env.so) May 31 06:48:01 dns-cbf CRON[16833]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_env.so May 31 06:48:01 dns-cbf CRON[16833]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0) May 31 06:49:01 dns-cbf CRON[16893]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_env.so): /lib/libpam.so.0: version `LIBPAM_MODUTIL_1.1.3' not found (required by /lib/security/pam_env.so) May 31 06:49:01 dns-cbf CRON[16893]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_env.so May 31 06:49:01 dns-cbf CRON[16893]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user nobody by (uid=0) May 31 06:50:01 dns-cbf CRON[16959]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_env.so): /lib/libpam.so.0: version `LIBPAM_MODUTIL_1.1.3' not found (required by /lib/security/pam_env.so) May 31 06:50:01 dns-cbf CRON[16959]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_env.so Why was cron not being restarted as required by a PAM update? The solution was to manually restart cron on all affected machines :( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: unattended-upgrades 0.62ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-server 2.6.35.10 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-server x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 31 10:22:22 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades ** Affects: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/790532 Title: pam upgrade broke cron -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs