Re: pambase/shadow warning

On 04/19/2012 12:46 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> I upgraded to sys-auth/pambase-20120417 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5-r1 and
> found I couldn't login to a new session or use su. Rebooting only made
> the problem permanent, I had to SSH in to revert to
> sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2 and sys-apps/shadow-4.1.5.

I've never been clear on how ssh authenticates a new login.  Why would
your ssh login be accepted?  Did you ssh in as a user and su to root?

Anyway, just as another data point I did the same update today and have
no trouble logging in.  Here are my useflags for comparison

Installed versions:  20120417!b(03:40:29 AM 04/19/2012)(consolekit cracklib
gnome-keyring pam_ssh sha512 -debug -minimal -mktemp -pam_krb5 -passwdqc -selinux)

Installed versions:  4.1.5-r1(03:41:02 AM 04/19/2012)(acl cracklib pam -audit
 -nls -selinux -skey -tcb -xattr)

(The pam_ssh useflag allows me to log in with my ssh passphrase instead of my
password, but that doesn't apply to the root account.)