Hello, this is a part of what gives the command "grep -i * in /var/log "auth.log:Jan 12 22:43:26 localhost kdm: :0[24832]: (pam_unix) session opened for user earendil by (uid=0) auth.log:Jan 12 22:43:52 localhost sudo: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logn ame= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= user=earendil auth.log:Jan 12 22:48:20 localhost sudo: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logn ame= uid=0 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser= rhost= user=earendil auth.log:Jan 12 22:48:29 localhost kdm: :0[24832]: (pam_unix) session closed for user earendil" this is my /etc/pam.d/kcheckpass file : "# # /etc/pam.d/kcheckpass - specify the PAM behaviour of kcheckpass # # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and # /etc/shadow entries. @include common-auth @include common-account @include common-password @include common-session ~ " All these files refer to a "pam_unix.so" file I've no "kde" file in /etc/pam.d but a "kdm" one and it contains this : "# # /etc/pam.d/kdm - specify the PAM behaviour of kdm # # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and # /etc/shadow entries. @include common-auth @include common-account @include common-password @include common-session auth required pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so session required pam_limits.so ~ ~ " Should I replace kcheckpass by this one ? jb >compare your kcheckpass and kde file in /etc/pam.d. They should be the >same. If not, try to mov kcheckpass to kcheckpass.old ond copy the kde >file to kcheckpass. > >Check what is print in the logs (mostly a "grep -i pam *" in /var/log >will show you the right file). > > > > > jb > > > > > > > >Martin >___________________________________________________ >. >Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. >Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. >More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. _________________________________________________________________ Tout savoir sur la sécurité de vos enfants sur Internet ! http://go.msn.fr/10-channel/80-security/protection/default.asp ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.