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vmware-server package

vmware-server break PAM

Bug #173686 reported by Morten Siebuhr on 2007-12-03

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #172400: pam modules need dynamic 32-bit support and are missing from ia32-libs. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	vmware-server (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vmware-server

After installing vmware-server you cannot do remote or local logins on the machine.

login[4130]: PAM (login) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
login[4130]: PAM (login) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM unable to dlopen(<*unknown module path*>)
login[4130]: PAM [error: <*unknown module path*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
login[4130]: PAM adding faulty module: <*unknown module path*>
login[4130]: PAM (login) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
login[4130]: PAM (login) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (login) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session]
login[4130]: PAM (login) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (login) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-password]
login[4130]: PAM (login) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
login[4130]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
login[4130]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-password]
login[4130]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
login[4130]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
login[4130]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session]
login[4130]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
login[4130]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on 'tty1' FOR `msiebuhr', Module is unknown

After I commented out the @include-lines in /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd, as shown below, I can login again.

#%PAM-1.0
#@include common-auth
#@include common-account

Revision history for this message

Morten Siebuhr (msiebuhr) wrote on 2007-12-03:

Update: Fix from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/112937 seems to remedy the problem.

Revision history for this message

Christoph Lechleitner (lech) wrote on 2007-12-24:

I can confirm the problem, however I cannot confirm the solutions.
I still get this:

Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (vmware-authd) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (vmware-authd) no module name supplied
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM unable to dlopen(<*unknown module path*>)
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM [error: <*unknown module path*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM adding faulty module: <*unknown module path*>
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (vmware-authd) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (vmware-authd) no module name supplied
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-password]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session]
Dec 24 15:38:44 vz02 vmware-authd[19308]: PAM (other) no module name supplied

Eventually my problem is caused by the fact that I had VMWare's tarball installed previously and eventually their uninstall script might have left some traces iiritating Canonical's packaged version.

I switched back to the VMWare tarball and it's fine for me now.
This is one of the apps where I like to stay at the bleeding edge anyway (Bleeding edge means being ahead of any distribution most of the time and using upstream tarballs all the time).

I can confirm the problem, however I cannot confirm the solutions.
I still get this:

Eventually my problem is caused by the fact that I had VMWare's tarball installed previously and eventually their uninstall script might have left some traces iiritating Canonical's packaged version.