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From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org>
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Subject: RE: cannot log on as root after upgrade
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From: "Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav" [mailto:des@des.no]=20
> "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> writes:
>>
>> [Paraphrased] Logging in on the console as root produces
>> "pam_acct_mgmt(): authentication error" message and login failure.
>=20
> This is not a PAM bug.  Someone broke ttyname() so the code that
> checks if you are logging in on a secure tty fails.  Quick workaround:
> comment out the pam_securetty line in /etc/pam.d/login.

The workaround has made direct root logins possible again, thanks.

I've just now noticed another error message--this one upon log-out.  I =
don't
have the exact text of the error message (I couldn't find it in the log
files), but the text is like "no utmp entry for tty??" or "could not =
remove
utmp entry for tty??" with the question marks actually there, instead of =
the
real name of the tty I was logged in on.  Is this error message also due =
to
the breakage?