Hi Walter, On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Walter McGinnis wrote: > Ugh. I really screwed the pooch. I was almost done setting up a box > for a new web > server and I installed a new PAM (pam-0.74- something.tar.gz) from > source over top of > the one that comes with the RH7 disks (pam-0.72-26.i386.rpm) and I > can't log into the > machine anymore. I login and then it just sends me back to the login > screen again (if I > don't enter my user name or password correctly it tells me login > incorrect, just like it > should). > The computer is at my house and I can boot to runlevel 1 and edit > files, etc., so I'm able to > make changes. I just don't know how to fix the problem. I wish I > had just run "rpm -q > pam" in the first place! Offhand, I can tell you one issue of possible concern is that RedHat's pam package includes a number of modules not included in the upstream Linux-PAM tarball. It's possible that one of these modules is referenced and somehow broken post-upgrade. Beyond guesses such as this one, it's difficult to make a diagnosis without seeing some logfiles. Your best bet may well be to grab a copy of RedHat's pam rpm and reinstall it. That will at least let you return your system to a 'known good' state. HTH, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
