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#1 2008-11-30 22:02:43

finferflu
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[SOLVED] Can't login via tty: Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

I am recently facing this problem: whenever I try to login via tty, I get the error as per subject

Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

This happens upon successful credentials, and the login gets reset.

Today I have had a particular issue with it, since X wasn't starting after the Xorg upgrade. So I couldn't log in to fix the problem (I usually log in through GDM)... good thing having the Arch Live CD handy tongue

So does anyone have any rough idea about what is causing this problem?


Thanks for your time smile


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#2 2008-12-01 13:34:39

finferflu
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Re: [SOLVED] Can't login via tty: Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

Bumpy?


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#3 2008-12-02 16:57:26

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't login via tty: Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

Have same problem for few months...

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#4 2008-12-13 10:52:15

pwntigo
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Re: [SOLVED] Can't login via tty: Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

finferflu wrote:

I am recently facing this problem: whenever I try to login via tty, I get the error as per subject

Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

This happens upon successful credentials, and the login gets reset.

Today I have had a particular issue with it, since X wasn't starting after the Xorg upgrade. So I couldn't log in to fix the problem (I usually log in through GDM)... good thing having the Arch Live CD handy tongue

So does anyone have any rough idea about what is causing this problem?


Thanks for your time smile

I fixed it tongue

somehow i had echo commands in /etc/environment
i removed them and instead put LANG=en_US
like in http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs … 13046.html

and problem was gone.

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#5 2008-12-13 11:02:04

finferflu
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Re: [SOLVED] Can't login via tty: Bad item passed to pam_*_item()

Hey thanks pwntigo, I had some entries in /etc/environment (bloody ET and Gnome-globalmenu tongue), so after removing them, everything is back to normal big_smile

Solved!


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