Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 14:22:19 +0200 From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> Cc: Daniel Eriksson <daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com> Subject: Re: PAM breakage Message-ID: <20050514122219.GB1621@schweikhardt.net> In-Reply-To: <0505141523488.66026@www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA0VcX9IoJqUaXPS8MjT1PdsKAAAAQAAAAcgWdwjr8%2BUCYYaYPJq4uSgEAAAAA@telia.com> <0505141523488.66026@www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw>
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On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:25:13PM +0800, Tai-hwa Liang wrote: # On Sat, 14 May 2005, Daniel Eriksson wrote: # > # >Somewhere between 2005.05.12.19.00.00 and 2005.05.13.18.10.00 PAM (or # >something PAM relies on) got messed up. Installing a system with the later # >date will prevent you from logging in, both via ssh and on the console. # >Using ssh results in the following console output: # > # >sshd[530]: fatal: openpty returns device for which ttyname fails. # >sshd[530]: error: chown 0 0 failed: No such file or directory # >sshd[530]: error: chmod 0666 failed: No such file or directory # # Does backing out ttyname related changes work for you? FWIW, the console message from syslog reads (from memory) ...root: 5 login failures on tty??... eg two question marks instead of the correct name like "ttyv0". Maybe that gives a clue what's wrong with the tty changes. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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