[gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[George Roberts]

I have been unable to login using gdm even though it is in my /etc/rc.conf:
UNICODE="no"
EDITOR="/bin/nano"
DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"
XSESSION="Gnome"

Today I checked my system logs and I found these entries:

Date : July 22 15:32:42
Process : gdm[7072]
Message : PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so)
Description :

Date : July 22 15:32:42
Process : gdm[7072]
Message : PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open shared 
object file: No such file or directory]
Description :

Date : July 22 15:32:42
Process : gdm[7072]
Message : PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so
Description :

Date : July 22 15:32:51
Process : login(pam_unix)[6871]
Message : session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Description :

Date : July 22 15:33:22
Process : -
Message : 0: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so)
Description :

Date : July 22 15:33:22
Process : -
Message : 0: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open 
shared object file: No such file or directory]
Description :

Date : July 22 15:33:22
Process : -
Message : 0: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so
Description :

Date : July 22 15:33:22
Process : xdm(pam_unix)[7301]
Message : session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Description :

I have reemerged both pam and pam-login, neither of which has 
regenerated the needed pam_console.so.  Googleing gives me lots of 
information about what the file does, but not how to get another one.
Can anybody give me any hints?
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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[Peter Gordon]

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Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
# echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
# emerge sys-libs/pam

Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
similar warning in my system log). 

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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[George Roberts]

Peter Gordon wrote:

>Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
># echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
># emerge sys-libs/pam
>
>Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>similar warning in my system log). 
>
>  
>
I will try that tomorrow, I am in the middle of a thunderbird/firefox 
emerge. thanks

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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[Richard Fish]

Peter Gordon wrote:

>Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
># echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
># emerge sys-libs/pam
>
>Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>similar warning in my system log). 
>
>  
>

If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is 
required.  George, can you post the contents of that file?

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[George Roberts]

Richard Fish wrote:

> Peter Gordon wrote:
>
>> Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
>> # echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
>> # emerge sys-libs/pam
>>
>> Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>> pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>> similar warning in my system log).
>>  
>>
>
> If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is 
> required.  George, can you post the contents of that file?
>
> -Richard
>
I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in 
the forums.  But gdm still not working.
I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, will 
check them tonight.
Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm
#%PAM-1.0
auth       optional        pam_env.so
auth       include        system-auth
auth       required        pam_nologin.so
account    include        system-auth
password   include        system-auth
session    include        system-auth

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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[Richard Fish]

George Roberts wrote:

> Richard Fish wrote:
>
>> Peter Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
>>> # echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
>>> # emerge sys-libs/pam
>>>
>>> Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>>> pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>>> similar warning in my system log).
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is 
>> required.  George, can you post the contents of that file?
>>
>> -Richard
>>
> I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in 
> the forums.  But gdm still not working.
> I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, will 
> check them tonight.
> Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth       optional        pam_env.so
> auth       include        system-auth
> auth       required        pam_nologin.so
> account    include        system-auth
> password   include        system-auth
> session    include        system-auth
>

Ok, so we include system-auth.  Then we also need to look at 
/etc/pam.d/system-auth.

Also, what you have is the version of the pam config file from 
gdm-2.6.0.9-r3 (the ~x86 version).  Earlier (non ~x86) versions use a 
different gdm configuration for pam:

#%PAM-1.0
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_env.so
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
account    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password   required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session    optional     /lib/security/pam_console.so

As you can see, pam_console.so is referenced directly here.  Can you 
confirm that you still get the error about pam_console.so with -r3, or 
only with earlier versions of gdm?

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

[George Roberts]

Richard Fish wrote:

> George Roberts wrote:
>
>> Richard Fish wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Gordon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try setting the "pam_console" USE flag and re-emerging pam:
>>>> # echo "sys-libs/pam  pam_console" >> /etc/portage/package.use
>>>> # emerge sys-libs/pam
>>>>
>>>> Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have
>>>> pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a
>>>> similar warning in my system log).
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>
>>> If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is 
>>> required.  George, can you post the contents of that file?
>>>
>>> -Richard
>>>
>> I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in 
>> the forums.  But gdm still not working.
>> I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, 
>> will check them tonight.
>> Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm
>> #%PAM-1.0
>> auth       optional        pam_env.so
>> auth       include        system-auth
>> auth       required        pam_nologin.so
>> account    include        system-auth
>> password   include        system-auth
>> session    include        system-auth
>>
>
> Ok, so we include system-auth.  Then we also need to look at 
> /etc/pam.d/system-auth.
>
> Also, what you have is the version of the pam config file from 
> gdm-2.6.0.9-r3 (the ~x86 version).  Earlier (non ~x86) versions use a 
> different gdm configuration for pam:
>
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_env.so
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
> account    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> password   required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> session    required     /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
> session    optional     /lib/security/pam_console.so
>
> As you can see, pam_console.so is referenced directly here.  Can you 
> confirm that you still get the error about pam_console.so with -r3, or 
> only with earlier versions of gdm?
>
> -Richard
>
Latest update.
After adding/removing use flags, downgrading/upgrading packages (not to 
mention some firefox/thunderbird upgrades thrown in for flavor) based on 
information I stumbled across in the forums, gdm is now half working.  I 
can login as root but not as the user.  As to which piece of of the 
process actually fixed the problem I don't truly know.
The process of fixing the currant problem brings to mind questions that 
are better not addressed in this thread, so I will be opening a new 
thread. 
Thanks for the help that you each have offered.
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