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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:56:48 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> I'll run the update again today, paying more attention, and see what |
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> happens. |
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What happened is it broke again, with no obvious signs of the cause. |
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conf-update reported only trivial changes to three files. |
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% su |
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su: Authentication failure |
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It didn't even ask for a password. All the syslog contained was |
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Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure |
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Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: FAILED su for root by nelz |
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Apr 20 13:17:19 hactar su[27738]: - /dev/pts/3 nelz:root |
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Which is about as informative as "Doh!". |
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This was in Konsole, switching to a VC, entering my username (or root) |
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gave five reports of "Login incorrect" followed by "Maximum number of |
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tries exceeded". Once again, no password request. Could this be the |
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problem, that it is trying to authenticate me without, for whatever |
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reason, asking for a password first? |
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Neil Bothwick |
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You know the end of the world is near when the Spice Girls start |
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reproducing. |
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