Bug#883692: systemd: pam_systemd(su:session): Failed to create session

[Michael Biebl]

Control: forcemerge 883347 -1


Am 06.12.2017 um 16:37 schrieb Francesco Potortì:
> After an upgrade two days ago, I get errors in system logs shortly after
> midnight.  I was not able to understand what program exactly has
> problems, so I am not able to repsoduce this from the command line.

From which version did you upgrade?

> Since systemd is involved, I am filing a report for systemd.
> 
> Apparently, the PAM modules are looking in /lib/security to load
> libraries, but that directory does not exist on my system.
> 
> Here is what I get in daemon.log:
> 
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of nobody.
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 65534...
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[1]: Started Session c41 of user nobody.
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[28191]: PAM failed: Authentication failure
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[28191]: user at 65534.service: Failed to set up PAM session: Operation not permitted
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[28191]: user at 65534.service: Failed at step PAM spawning /lib/systemd/systemd: Operation not permitted
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[1]: user at 65534.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 65534.

..

> Dec  6 00:08:25 tucano systemd: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_unix.so): /lib/security/pam_unix.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


Duplicate of #883347.

Please follow up there with replies, i.e. if you reply, please use
883347 at bugs.debian.org

I'd be interested in answers to
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883347#10
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883347#15
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