Since upgrading from Sarge to Etch I get the following output when I call
"su" from a user terminal:

[felixk@ ~]$ su
Password:
configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MAX_LEN' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify administrator)

Regrettably, the administrator (me) is unable to help.

What needs fixing?

Felix Karpfen



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Felix Karpfen
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)

Felix Karpfen wrote:

> Since upgrading from Sarge to Etch I get the following output when I call
> "su" from a user terminal:
>
> [felixk@ ~]$ su
> Password:
> configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MAX_LEN' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify administrator)
>
> Regrettably, the administrator (me) is unable to help.
>
> What needs fixing?
>
> Felix Karpfen
>
>
>


/etc/login.defs

This is due to an upgrade shadows using an old /etc/login.defs file.


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Jerry McBride (jmcbride@mail-on.us)

Thus spake Felix Karpfen:
> Since upgrading from Sarge to Etch I get the following output when I call
> "su" from a user terminal:
>
> [felixk@ ~]$ su
> Password:
> configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'NOLOGIN_STR' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MAX_LEN' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
> configuration error - unknown item 'CLOSE_SESSIONS' (notify administrator)
>
> Regrettably, the administrator (me) is unable to help.
>
> What needs fixing?
>
> Felix Karpfen
>
>
>

I Google'd the first line of your error messages and got quite a lot of
hits; here's one from http://tinyurl.com/33jj9z


From three sources, it seems " commented out FAIL_DELAY in login.defs"
is the answer.

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sk8r-365
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD;
and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts
of my holiness. -- Isaiah 62:9

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:14:49 -0600, sk8r-365 wrote:

> Thus spake Felix Karpfen:
>> Since upgrading from Sarge to Etch I get the following output when I call
>> "su" from a user terminal:

SNIP
>>
>> [felixk@ ~]$ su
>> Password:
>> configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)

SNIP

>> Regrettably, the administrator (me) is unable to help.
>>

> I Google'd the first line of your error messages and got quite a lot of
> hits; here's one from http://tinyurl.com/33jj9z

Two flies with one hit!!

It never occurred to me to use Google.

My thanks to both respondents for the advice.

Felix Karpfen


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Felix Karpfen
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)

Thus spake Felix Karpfen:
>
> Two flies with one hit!!
>
> It never occurred to me to use Google.
>
> My thanks to both respondents for the advice.
>

Felix,
Happy to help ... Google, and many other search engines, are
handy sources for sure.

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sk8r-365