xdm/login: in openpam_check_path_owner_perms(): /usr/local/lib/pam_ldap.so.5 not found

O. Hartmann ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Fri Dec 23 01:57:14 UTC 2011


On 12/22/11 16:59, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:09:23PM +0100, Hartmann, O. wrote:
> H> OS: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64 r228787
> H> 
> H> Since the last update of world yesterday were I managed to compile the
> H> OS WITH_LIBCPLUSPLUS=YES in /etc/src.conf,
> H> only root is capable to login on the console.
> H> 
> H> I use OpenLDAP 2.4 as the backend for usual users, having also an
> H> "emergency" user installed in the local /etc/passwd just in case.
> H> 
> H> The problem is, I can not login via xdm or console login anymore as any
> H> usual user, even not as a user residing in the local passwd file.
> H> 
> H> Trying to login as LDAP backed user, I get the error
> H> SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
> H> Login icorrect
> H> 
> H> Inspecting /var/log/auth.log reveals for this incident
> H> 
> H> login: in openpam_check_path_owner_perms():
> H> /usr/local/lib/pam_ldap.so.5: No such file or directory
> H> 
> H> Trying tologin as a local (/etc/passwd backed) user gets
> H> sometimes the same login issue, but sporadically I get a login but
> H> landing in / instead of /home/user. /home is a ZFS volume.
> H> 
> H> I reinstalled pam_ldap, nss_ldap, openldap-sasl-server/client many times
> H> now since I suspected a fault in compilation (everything is compiled via
> H> CLANG), but I have no success.
> H> 
> H> /usr/local/lib/pam_ldap.so.5 does not exist, it is simply pam_ldap.so.
> H> 
> H> It seems, that the OS can not find the homes on the ZFS volume. Doing a
> H> su - USER works for all LDAP users but not the local users, I receive
> H> the error su: no directory. This is very strange. While su -  as root
> H> does not work, login as such a failing user work, but as mentioned
> H> without home.
> H> 
> H> The last thing I did on that box is: I recompiled yesterday evening
> H> world, switched the box off. When I switched the box on today, I ran
> H> into this issue.
> H> 
> H> I recompile the system without flag WITH_LIBCPLUSPLUS and see what is
> H> happening. Do others also see this strange behaviour?
> 
> This is definitely due to libpam update. In my case, I also got messages:
> 
> openpam_check_path_owner_perms(): /usr/local/lib/pam_ldap.so.5: No such file or directory
> 
> But this doesn't prevent me from logging in. The new PAM code first
> tries to dlopen() a library configured in /etc/pam.d with ".5" appended
> to it, this is hardcoded. If failed, it dlopens the exact name from
> configuration. So, the message is harmless itself - the pam_ldap.so
> is opened successfully.
> 
> I suppose failure to login that you experience is related to another
> fallout from the new PAM import.
> 

With the most recent patch and make world the problem has gone! luckily ...

oliver

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