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[Alex Valavanis <valavanisalex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, looking at the syslog I think the problem may have arisen after
upgrading ecryptfs-utils to 77-0ubuntu1

** Also affects: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Unable to authenticate user in karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402960
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: login

I know very little about how login/authentication is handled so I'd be grateful for some help putting together a better report.

I am unable to login to my machine after running the latest batch of updates this morning.   This is a rundown of what I have experienced...

1) I first noticed the problem when I tried running aptitude a few minutes after the updates.  The sudo authentication attempt failed with a segfault.

2) I switched to a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and attempted to login there.  After entering my username and password, the terminal simply presents a new login prompt (no error message).

3) I switched back to my X terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F7) and saw an apport crash symbol in the panel.  I clicked on the symbol, entered my sudo password and then apport just disappeared.

4) I rebooted and entered my password at the gdm prompt and received an "Unable to authenticate user" error.

5) Repeated step 2, same result, switched back to X

6) Attempted to login to the other (non-admin) account on the machine.  Success!  However, I cannot do any admin tasks

If it helps, I found a file called /var/crash/_bin_login.0.crash but I can't read it as my non-admin account lacks sufficient permission