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CptnCrunch
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2002 10:37 am    Post subject: A message from PAM Reply with quote

Hi!

After a 'emerge pam' a 'normal' user have the following
message on the console (after exit):

login(pam_unix)[19658]: session closed for user tester
pam_console[19658]: getgrnam failed for cdwriter

Whats the problem?
Thanks in advance.

Bye
Uwe
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 5:18 am    Post subject: getgrnam failed for cdwriter error Reply with quote

It appears that the instead of having group "cdwriter" in /etc/group, the group "cdrw" exists. If you look in /etc/security/console.perms, the group defined for the burner should be cdwriter. Just change cdrw to cdwriter in the /etc/group and the error should go away. Hope that helps. :)
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2002 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just wondering, what would cause this misconfiguration to happen? I'm guessing it may be during updates on baselayout?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i had the same problem, but after a reboot it was gone. didn't change any configs.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

same problem, following icecube's fix did the trick
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I know this is old, but..
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 10:18 pm Post subject: getgrnam failed for cdwriter error
It appears that the instead of having group "cdwriter" in /etc/group, the group "cdrw" exists. If you look in /etc/security/console.perms, the group defined for the burner should be cdwriter. Just change cdrw to cdwriter in the /etc/group and the error should go away. Hope that helps.

In my oppinion, it would be more proper to change /etc/security/console.perms, more so the part that says 'root.cdwriter' to 'root.cdrw'. Just a thought. (this is what I did, by the way, after I was tired of logsentry telling me about it.)
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry if I get into this but, I've had this problem and the issue was that I didn't remember to
#rc-update add <system-logger> boot

More info on this thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=34263
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Feel free to jump into this:)
I know this isn't an "old problem" since I'm having it :-P (I reinstall like once a week ... don't ask)

I'm not getting it anymore with my "fix".
And yes, my system logger is running. :-P
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Sorry if I get into this but, I've had this problem and the issue was that I didn't remember to
#rc-update add <system-logger> boot


The the install guide has the system logger starting in the default runlevel.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris W wrote:
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Sorry if I get into this but, I've had this problem and the issue was that I didn't remember to
#rc-update add <system-logger> boot


The the install guide has the system logger starting in the default runlevel.


The install guide might have it, but many forget to do it. :P
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

soroh6 wrote:
Feel free to jump into this:)
I know this isn't an "old problem" since I'm having it :-P (I reinstall like once a week ... don't ask)

I'm not getting it anymore with my "fix".
And yes, my system logger is running. :-P


Odd, we are having this problem for months now, has anybody ever submitted a bug report?
Your fix is indeed more logical, thx!
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