<div dir="ltr"><div>I don't think you should ignore that, as this seems to be the problem --- your machine is, for some reason, trying to authenticate via winbindd and/or Samba. </div>Find the reason, and probably you'll find the fix. </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">2017-07-04 16:59 GMT-03:00 Mark Fraser <<a href="mailto:mfraz74+ubuntu@gmail.com" target="_blank">mfraz74+ubuntu@gmail.com</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tuesday, 4 July 2017 20:42:57 BST José Queiroz wrote: > 2017-07-04 16:21 GMT-03:00 Mark Fraser <<a href="mailto:mfraz74%2Bubuntu@gmail.com">mfraz74+ubuntu@gmail.com</a>>: > > On Sunday, 2 July 2017 20:27:00 BST Nils Kassube wrote: > > > Mark Fraser wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 2 July 2017 18:56:51 BST Nils Kassube wrote: > > > > > Mark Fraser wrote: > > > > > > Going to try this again. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am unable to run certain programs after upgrading to 17.04. For > > > > > > example if I try to run KDE Partition Manager or Kuser, my normal > > > > > > password doesn't work and I get > > > > > > > > > > > > Permission denied. > > > > > > Possibly incorrect password, please try again. > > > > > > On some systems, you need to be in a special group (often: wheel) > > > > > > to > > > > > > use this program. > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking at /var/log/auth.log I see this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jul 2 14:38:08 Rachael sudo: PAM unable to > > > > > > dlopen(pam_winbind.so): > > > > > > /lib/ security/pam_winbind.so: cannot open shared object file: No > > > > > > such file or directory > > > > > > > > > > This time it looks like a useful error message to me - with your > > > > > previous post I had no idea where to look. > > > > > > > > > > apt-file search pam_winbind.so > > > > > libpam-winbind: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_winbind.so > > > > > > > > > > So it seems like you are missing the "libpam-winbind" package. If > > > > > installing that package fixes the problem, you might file a bug > > > > > report for the partition manager and / or kuser about a missing > > > > > dependency. > > > > > > > > apt-cache policy libpam-winbind > > > > > > > > libpam-winbind: > > > > Installed: 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 > > > > Candidate: 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 > > > > > > I think I didn't look carefully enough at the error message. Actually > > > the package libpam-winbind comes with the file pam_winbind.so in the > > > folder "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/" while it was missing in the > > > folder "/lib/security/". You could try these commands to link the > > > existing file to the expected location: > > > > > > sudo mkdir -p /lib/security/ > > > sudo ln -s ../x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_winbind.so /lib/security/ > > > > > > > > > Nils > > > > Looks like the winbind errors were a false alarm as I have now removed > > libpam- > > winbind and now the error is just: > > > > Jul 4 20:18:52 Rachael sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed > > Jul 4 20:18:52 Rachael sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify > > password for [mfraser] > > Jul 4 20:19:10 Rachael smbd: pam_unix(samba:session): session closed for > > user > > nobody > > > > If I use kdesudo partitionmanager > > Jul 4 20:20:43 Rachael sudo: mfraser : TTY=pts/4 ; PWD=/home/mfraser ; > > USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/partitionmanager > > Jul 4 20:20:43 Rachael sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for > > user > > root by mfraser(uid=0) > Is your machine _really_ authenticating via Samba? </div></div>No, I think you can ignore that. It was from almost a minute later anyway. <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> -- Registered Linux User #466407 <a href="http://counter.li.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a> -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>