[gentoo-user] PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

[gentoo-user] PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

I recently install postgresql.  When I start the server, I'm getting what
looks like a PAM error.

orion ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start
 * Starting PostgreSQL ...
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.
(Ignored)                                                                
[ ok ]
orion ~ # 

Also:

orion ~ # su - postgres
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.
(Ignored)
postgres@orion ~ $ 

After this, the su session and the postgres database appear to work
normally.  I'm concerned with the error message, though.  Googling got me
nowhere.

Any ideas what the problem is?

Thanks,
Gabriel


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Re: [gentoo-user] PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

[Mariusz Pękala]

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On 2005-10-07 20:40:20 -0500 (Fri, Oct), Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> 
> I recently install postgresql.  When I start the server, I'm getting what
> looks like a PAM error.
> 
> orion ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start
>  * Starting PostgreSQL ...
> You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
> su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.
> (Ignored)                                                                
> [ ok ]
> orion ~ # 
> 
> Also:
> 
> orion ~ # su - postgres
> You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
> su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.
> (Ignored)
> postgres@orion ~ $ 
> 
> After this, the su session and the postgres database appear to work
> normally.  I'm concerned with the error message, though.  Googling got me
> nowhere.
> 
> Any ideas what the problem is?

Looks like an expired password. What is in your /etc/shadow in postgres'
entry?

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[gentoo-user] Re: PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

Mariusz P?kala wrote:

> Looks like an expired password. What is in your /etc/shadow in postgres'
> entry?
> 

Mariusz,

# grep postgres /etc/shadow
postgres:!!:0:0:99999:7:::8021806

Thanks,
Gabriel


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