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Unable to login "Error in service module"

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Environment


SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1

Situation

Unable to login through GUI (runlevel 5) after updating pam-modules to version 11-1.14.1
Trying to login will show the following error: "Error in service module"
Runlevel 3 login works fine

Resolution

To solve this issue perform the following steps:
  • Reboot server in runlevel 3
  • Downgrade pam-modules with the following command: "zypper in pam-modules-11-1.6.15"
  • Select option 1 to downgrade pam-modules
  • Switch to runlevel 5
A new version of pam-modules (11-1.16.1) will be released shortly that will solve this issue.

Additional Information


Disclaimer

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  • Document ID:7008866
  • Creation Date: 21-Jun-2011
  • Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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