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Re: Help! Can't log into Colgate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Sat Oct 26 13:24:52 1996
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 13:23:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
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I solved my own problem (yeah!) but I don't think this ever should have
happened. Others beware. I suspect that updating to a new pamconfig rpm
is what hosed me.
Upon mounting Colgate's / from a Slackware /, I found that /etc/pam.conf
was unusually short, containing entries only for "OTHER" and "DEFAULT"
services. The timestamp was September (i.e., before release). Oddly
enough, there was also a -much- longer pam.conf.rpmsave timestamped about
the time I remember updating pamconfig via rpm. So I preserved pam.conf
and mv'ed pam.conf.rpmsave to pam.conf and rebooted to Colgate. Voila! I
can log in.
I don't know jack about PAM, and I'd rather not have to. Could someone
please tell me what happened in this case, and more generallly what
.rpmsave files are all about?
Thanks,
Kyle Ferrio
On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Kyle Ferrio wrote:
>
> I thought the worst was over. :(
>
> The last time I succeeded in booting Colgate, I had to reinstall
> a bunch of things, including pam and pamconfig. These would have been the
> latest packages as of the evening of the 24th.
>
> The next time I booted (this morning) I can't log in. I get the login
> prompt. Whatever I type, the system flashes "Incorrect login" four times
> fast as soon as I hit return, clears the screen, and presents a fresh
> login prompt. It never prompts for a password.
>
> This was a clean install, plus errata. Nothing else.
> A few quirks are to be expected. But this is frustrating.
> I am very close to wiping out every trace of Colgate.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Kyle Ferrio
>
> kbf@phy.duke.edu (919) 660-2518 office
> Duke University, Dept. of Physics (919) 660-2525 FAX
> Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305, USA
>
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