Re: help, I hosed my PAM setup (I think)

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On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 16:15, Jim Cromie wrote:
> now Im unable to login with my regular username, or to su - to it
> 
> [root@xxxxxxx pam.d]# su - jimc
> Segmentation fault
> [root@xxxxxxx pam.d]# su jimc
> Segmentation fault
> [root@xxxxxxx pam.d]#
> 
> the segfault happens when su-ing from joe to bob,
> 
> Also - on the X session still running there, where previously opened
> 'joeuser' windows are present, the bash prompt changed to
> "[I have no name!@xxxxxxx]",  and xterm title now shows 500, my userid
> from  /etc/passwd (which is dated 4/13, so presumably un-mangled).

chown 644 /etc/passwd should resolve your I have no name prompt to
normal again. I think then you may find that most of your stuff is back
to normal. Try this out.

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Arindam Dey

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