Bug 7564
Summary: | login: input in flex scanner failed | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Eric Bourque <ericb> |
Component: | util-linux | Assignee: | Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher> |
Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 6.1 | ||
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Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-02-04 00:24:23 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Eric Bourque
1999-12-03 19:37:15 UTC
The message is not from login, but rather from /lib/security/pam_console.so, a PAM helper module used by /bin/login. You most likely have a damaged configuration. The simplest fix is to reinstall the pam package (pam-0.68-7 in Red Hat 6.1) using rpm -U --force pam-0.68-7.*.rpm and see whether that corrects the problem. If not, you'll have to examine your PAM configuration in /etc/pam.d/*. Look for random file corruption that can occur when a machine is rebooted after a crash or from a sudden power down. No response from reporter - assumed resolved. |