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Bug 9476

Summary: Gdm can't log in since pam-update.
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Alexander Isacson <alexander>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 1.4_rc1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Alexander Isacson 2002-10-22 05:56:05 UTC
I'm running these versions, I have recomplied both recently to see if it helped
but it didn't.

gdm-2.4.0.11
pam-0.75-r8

And for any username I get "authorization failed" even before I'm asked for the
password. This is what the log says:

Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_env.so)
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_env.so: undefined symbol:
pam_get_item]
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_env.so
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_nologin.so)
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so: undefined
symbol: pam_get_item]
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_permit.so)
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_permit.so: undefined
symbol: pam_set_item]
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_permit.so
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_stack.so)
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_stack.so: undefined
symbol: _pam_make_env]
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_stack.so
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so)
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: undefined
symbol: pam_get_item]
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so
Oct 22 12:44:44 [gdm] Couldn't authenticate user
Comment 1 Alexander Isacson 2002-10-22 06:01:27 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 9477 ***