Authority Failed

[lzlVertigolzl]

Okay, so I tried to install some voice_auth program, I had found that would basically allow me, to sign in using my voice instead of a text passwd, and i couldnt get it to work, so I figured I would go back to the reg., and now after installng a few PAM pkgs (btw im on Debian) and a fftw pkg, I cant even sign into GDM or sign in when i use 'login' the only thing I can do is log into single user mode, at bootup. otherwise, when I'm on GDM, all I have to do is put in my username, and it will give me the error "Authority Failed"7 same with If I try to choose 'Configure' or 'Reboot' or even 'Shutdown'


okay so I looked at my auth.log file, and this is what it was saying:


Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM unable to dlopen(<*unknown module path*>)
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM [dlerror: <*unknown module path*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM adding faulty module: <*unknown module path*>
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (su) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-password]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session]
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM (other) no module name supplied
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM no modules loaded for `su' service
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: + ??? root:nobody
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: PAM no modules loaded for `su' service
Jan 29 06:25:03 navi su[18967]: pam_open_session: Permission denied

[mdwatts]

Were you required to install the PAM packages since that other one failed to work?

Can you login using root instead of user?

[hardcore]

Can you get into a root shell when booted up? You mention you can get into single user mode, and it looks like from your error messages, you're trying to validate a su or root login, where is this from? When in single user mode? or?

While in single user mode you might want to try init 3, to boot to muti-user w/o gui.

[lzlVertigolzl]

okay I was forced to install those PAM pkgs, cause they the voice_auth prog was dependent on it.

I cant login to anything except SU mode at bootup, cause if I try to got gdm it fails on root or my user, before i can even enter a pass, after i enter the username or root, it says "Authority Failed" now, when I am in su mode, and I try to run init 3, it fails on any type of login. ive tried many ways around and logging in, but the only way i can log in is with root in su mode, at bootup.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by lzlVertigolzl
The only way i can log in is with root in su mode, at bootup.

Can you do that and then remove ALL the packages associated with the failed application including the PAM ones?

[lzlVertigolzl]

I have already removed the fftw pkg, but when I try to remove the PAM pkgs, it wont let me, cause PAM is needed but I dont know which PAM's I need you need PAM though to authorize yourself to login