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Re: pwdb

To: Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pwdb
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 20:55:56 +0200
Cc: Joan Eslinger <wombat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005012204450.6687-100000@calypso.engr.sgi.com>; from ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:12:02PM -0700
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005012204450.6687-100000@calypso.engr.sgi.com>
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On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:12:02PM -0700, Ulf Carlsson wrote:

> Has anyone seen this message before:
> 
> PAM_pwdb[92]: get passwd; pwdb: structure is no longer valid
> 
> I get it when I try to login after I've typed in the root password when I'm
> using the RPM packages from Ralf.  I don't know what it's trying to tell me.
> By the way, I had to use the old util-linux package because there was no
> util-linux in Ralf's collection.  Any hints?

I think I've seen those messages myself somewhen in the past.  Afair it's
some incompatibility between PAM versions, so upgrading / recompiling
should help.

I just tried to check some details on my Indy but as it looks my Indy's
NVRAM just died ...

  Ralf

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