Bug#559369: gdm: Warnings in /var/log/auth.log

[Greg Kochanski]

OK. Thanks.
Can the error/warning message be changed from
"PAM adding faulty module:" to "PAM adding faulty or nonexistant module:"

That would clarify the log files quite a bit.


Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 03 décembre 2009 à 22:42 +0000, Greg Kochanski a écrit : 
>   
>> Dec  1 02:03:30 desk gdm[3635]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so): /lib/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> Dec  1 02:03:31 desk gdm[3635]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so
>>
>> But such a file doesn't seem to exist:
>>     
>
> It’s in libpam-gnome-keyring, which is a suggested package:
>
>   
>> Versions of packages gdm suggests:
>> pn  libpam-gnome-keyring          <none>     (no description available)
>>     
>
> Unfortunately there is no way to enable the module for GDM only when it
> is installed.
>
> The warnings are harmless, though.
>
> Cheers, 
>