I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 and
found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only made
the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to
sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.
I've not had a chance to find the full cause, but thought I'd post a
warning to postpone this upgrade until you have time for the traditional
~arch dance.
--
Neil Bothwick
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
(Albert Einstein)
04-19-2012, 07:57 PM
Nikos Chantziaras
pambase/shadow warning
On 19/04/12 22:46, Neil Bothwick wrote:
I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 and
found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only made
the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to
sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.
I've not had a chance to find the full cause, but thought I'd post a
warning to postpone this upgrade until you have time for the traditional
~arch dance.
Good thing I don't have pambase installed :-P
04-19-2012, 08:58 PM
walt
pambase/shadow warning
On 04/19/2012 12:46 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 and
> found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only made
> the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to
> sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.
I've never been clear on how ssh authenticates a new login. Why would
your ssh login be accepted? Did you ssh in as a user and su to root?
Anyway, just as another data point I did the same update today and have
no trouble logging in. Here are my useflags for comparison
(The pam_ssh useflag allows me to log in with my ssh passphrase instead of my
password, but that doesn't apply to the root account.)
04-19-2012, 09:47 PM
Neil Bothwick
pambase/shadow warning
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:57:45 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Good thing I don't have pambase installed :-P
This is a recent build, so I thought I'd come out of the stone age and
try using pam. That cave looks rather inviting right now...
--
Neil Bothwick
- We are but packets in the internet of Life-
04-19-2012, 09:51 PM
Neil Bothwick
pambase/shadow warning
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:58:42 -0700, walt wrote:
> > I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1
> > and found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only
> > made the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to
> > sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.
>
> I've never been clear on how ssh authenticates a new login. Why would
> your ssh login be accepted? Did you ssh in as a user and su to root?
That would have failed on su. It works because I have key authentication
for SSH. Otherwise I'd have been screwed.
> Anyway, just as another data point I did the same update today and have
> no trouble logging in. Here are my useflags for comparison
Mine are the same except for gnome-keyring - I use KDE.
--
Neil Bothwick
The sergeant walked into the shower and caught me giving myself a
dishonorable discharge. Without missing a beat, I said, "It's my dick
and I can wash it as fast as I want!"
04-19-2012, 09:54 PM
Nikos Chantziaras
pambase/shadow warning
On 20/04/12 00:47, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:57:45 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Good thing I don't have pambase installed :-P
This is a recent build, so I thought I'd come out of the stone age and
try using pam. That cave looks rather inviting right now...
When I initially installed Gentoo, PAM was also installed. I only
removed it later because I just couldn't understand why I need it in the
first place. I realized that I don't have *any* use for it whatsoever,
so in the true spirit of Gentoo, I disabled that USE flag and did a
world update. I don't feel like living in the cave. I feel like I got
rid of something I had no use for to begin with.
pambase/shadow warning
