[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#709884: Bug#709884: /bin/login: Cannot login as or su to root on /dev/tty1.

[Christian PERRIER]

Quoting Jeroen N. Witmond (jnw at xs4all.nl):
> Package: login
> Version: 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1
> Severity: important
> File: /bin/login
> 
> To update from squeeze to wheezy I need to login as root without using
> X, gdm, etc.  So I use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to tty1. 
> 
> However, attempts to login as root result in "Login incorrect" with
> the following lines in /var/log/auth.log:
> 
> May 26 14:07:38 BlackBox login[3792]: pam_unix(login:auth):
> authentication failure; logname=LOGIN uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1
> ruser= rhost= user=root 
> May 26 14:07:41 BlackBox login[3792]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty1'
> FOR 'root', Authentication failure
> 
> Login in as a normal user followed by `su -` results in "su:
> Authentication failure" with the following lines in /var/log/auth.log:
> 
> May 26 14:10:34 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication
> failure; logname=jeroen uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser=jeroen
> rhost=  user=root
> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_authenticate: Authentication
> failure
> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: FAILED su for root by jeroen
> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: - /dev/tty1 jeroen:root
> 
> When I run a terminal window under X I can su to root.


Stupid question, but are you sure that the keyboard mapping is correct
in tty1?

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