M. Grégoire15h ago

Last week, I rebooted my #Debian #RPi4 server, and when it came back up, I could not longer log in, not via ssh, not with the console. The problem turned out to be that some of the files for PAM were corrupted.

Should I wipe the server and reinstall, or just fix the PAM files?

Wipe it.
Repair PAM and keep using.
Other...
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@mpjgregoire why are the PAM files corrupt đŸ¤®
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Show threadM. Grégoire15h ago

@trevdev I haven't a clue. I don't think Debian Stable updated PAM recently, so I don't think I shut off the power while the files were being modified.

There were non-ASCII characters mixed in with the regular text of common-accounts, for instance.

Show threadTrev 15h ago
@mpjgregoire hopefully there isn't a root cause with the hardware somewhere. You running an SD?