On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 11:59 +0200, Alain Cochard wrote: > I have F7 (fresh install in late June) on a Dell Latitude D610. > > Just a few days ago, I stopped being able to 'su' or 'su some_user' > from a terminal: the passwords are no longer accepted. Same problem > to unlock a session (need to enter the password). > > I can still login OK (as root or any user) from the initial login > screen or when switching user, or from a virtual terminal. > > After one day of Googling, the only things I found meaningful to > report are the following: > > That is what appears in my /var/log/secure file when I try to 'su -' > from a terminal from my account (cochard): > > Jul 19 10:56:49 pcinvit10 su: pam_unix(su-l:auth): authentication > failure; logname=cochard uid=500 euid=500 tty=pts/12 ruser=cochard > rhost= user=root > > and when I try to 'su test': > > Jul 19 10:57:00 pcinvit10 su: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication > failure; logname=cochard uid=500 euid=500 tty=pts/12 ruser=cochard > rhost= user=test > > Here are the contents of my /etc/sysconfig/authconfig file: > > USEDB=no > USECRACKLIB=yes > USEHESIOD=no > USEWINBINDAUTH=no > USELDAP=no > USELOCAUTHORIZE=yes > USENIS=no > USESMBAUTH=no > USEWINBIND=no > USESHADOW=yes > USEKERBEROS=no > USELDAPAUTH=no > USEMD5=yes > USEPASSWDQC=no > USESYSNETAUTH=no > USESMARTCARD=no > FORCESMARTCARD=no > > By comparing to the authconfig from my FC5 install, I tried to set > USELOCAUTHORIZE to 'no', and also tried to delete the lines with > USESMARTCARD and FORCESMARTCARD, but I noticed no change. > > So I'm stuck here. Thanks in advance for any piece of advice for > investigating further. > > This does not help much but my /etc/sysconfig/authconfig file is just like yours. -- ======================================================================= He who slings mud generally loses ground. -- Adlai Stevenson ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
