#1140127 reportbug: greetd service can't start since util-linux 1:4.16.0-2+really2.42.1-4

Package:
greetd
Source:
greetd
Description:
minimal Wayland login manager
Submitter:
Daniel Dehennin
Date:
2026-06-16 07:13:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1140127#5
Date:
2026-06-16 07:12:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

With the move of /etc/pam.d/login to /usr/lib/pam.d/login in
util-linux 1:4.16.0-2+really2.42.1-4, the greetd service can't start:

    juin 16 09:02:45 mobian systemd[1]: Started greetd.service - Greeter daemon.
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: error: authentication error: abort error: pam_start: ABORT
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM _pam_load_conf_file: unable to open config for /etc/pam.d/login
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10041]: unable to start greeter: session start failed: authentication error: abort error: pam_start: ABORT
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM error loading (null)
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM _pam_init_handlers: error reading /etc/pam.d/greetd-greeter
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM _pam_init_handlers: [Critical error - immediate abort]
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM error reading PAM configuration file
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian greetd[10059]: PAM pam_start: failed to initialize handlers
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian systemd[1]: greetd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    juin 16 09:02:46 mobian systemd[1]: greetd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

A symlink workaround that issue.

See https://bugs.debian.org/1140029 for futher discussion about the
util-linux / pam issue.