Bug#317723: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#317723: login: 1:4.0.3-35 fails to install

Mon Jul 11 04:29:12 UTC 2005

> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Reading changelogs... Done
> (Reading database ... 925155 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace login 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 (using .../login_1%3a4.0.3-35_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement login ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/login_1%3a4.0.3-35_i386.deb (--unpack):
>  unable to create `./etc/pam.d/login': No such file or directory <<<==========
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/login_1%3a4.0.3-35_i386.deb

This seems to show that /etc/pam.d does not exist, which is a bit
strange given that login depends on libpam-runtime which supposedly
provides that directory.

Could you check about /etc/pam.d on your system?