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Date:      Sat, 14 May 2005 15:57:26 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot log on as root after upgrade
Message-ID:  <86br7dewqh.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <000001c55856$fe6a7ab0$0a2a15ac@Sonomago>
References:  <000001c55856$fe6a7ab0$0a2a15ac@Sonomago>

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"Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> writes:
> I'm having this same problem with on a system built from sources pulled d=
own
> today.  Logging in on the console as root produces the "pam_acct_mgmt():
> authentication error" message.  However, logging in as a normal user works
> fine and I can then `su -` to root without error, so I know my password
> files are ok.
>
> I completely reinstalled my /etc/pam.d directory, no luck.  Re-built and
> installed the world as single user, no luck, still broken.

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.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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