Description of problem: The "Requires: pam" of util-linux is inadequate -- /etc/pam.d/{login,remote} both do an 'include' of postlogin, but /etc/pam.d/postlogin did not exist until pam-1.1.3-7 . Without /etc/pam.d/postlogin, console login (e.g. on virtual tty2) will fail: Login incorrect with an error message in /var/log/secure: ... login: PAM _pam_load_conf_file: unable to open /etc/pam.d/postlogin So the requires line in th spec file should be: Requires: pam >= 1.1.3-7 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-2.20-1.fc16 (Note: Same problem exists in coreutils-8.12-2.fc16.i686; a separate report has been filed against coreutils .) This is not likely to happen on a standard spin. And during OS install, /etc/pam.d/postlogin is replaced by a symlink to a generated postlogin-ac . But by examining the following, it is apparent that util-linux really does need postlogin, and that postlogin first appeared in pam-1.1.3-7: $ grep postlogin /etc/pam.d/{login,remote} $ rpm -q --changelog pam-1.1.4-4.fc16 | grep -B1 postlogin $ rpmls pam-1.1.4-4.fc16 | grep postlogin
util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16
Package util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16249/util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.