Created attachment 417825 [details] Snippet of /var/log/secure showing error message(s) for both root and regular (seawolf) user. Description of problem: Upon (pre)upgrading from F12 to 13, the PAM module for PKCS11 becomes broken. The module fails and no user, not even root, can login to the system. The following messages appear in /var/log/secure: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_pkcs11.so): /lib/security/pam_pkcs11.so: undefined symbol: get_slot_login_required PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_pkcs11.so FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM (null) FOR root, Module is unknown Downgrading to an older package, available from third-party repos, solved the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-2.fc13.i686 => downgrade to: pam_pkcs11-0.5.3-29.i686 How reproducible: Always, until package is replaced. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Ensure the newer (0.6*) PAM_PKCS11 package is installed. 2. Probably, restart the system. 3. Attempt login. Actual results: Login failure. Text-mode fails before password is asked for; KDM reports critical system error. Expected results: Successful login. Additional info: rpm.pbone.net has working older package. I installed pam_pkcs11-0.5.3-29.i686.rpm by booting in to another OS to d/l and then Fedora's single-user to install, and the problem disappeared.
Has this fallen by the wayside? We have no updates beyond pam_pkcs11-0.6.2-2.fc13 in F13 and this problem continues.
This is a "me too". I got this error, then fixed it by downgrading to a F12 build. However, over the weekend I did a "yum update" and a new version came down and trashed the version I had - reintroducing this fault! How can you roll out a new version with a show-stopper bug like this? I can't see how this got past QA? I mean - it totally breaks the system? With this rpm in place, root cannot log in on the console - it doesn't get much worse than that?
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