I am working with a pared down redhat installation, and I am attempting to get PAM working again, but I can't seem to find what I am missing. I currently have /etc/pam.d/ configured with the following. /etc/pam.d other system-auth /etc/pam.d/other auth required pam_unix_auth.so account required pam_unix_acct.so password required pam_unix_passwd.so session required pam_unix_session.so /etc/pam.d/system-auth #%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok md5 shadow auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so account sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so account required /lib/security/pam_deny.so password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so This will work fine, but as soon as I add passwd to /etc/pam.d with the contents below I can't get passwd to work. It gives me the error "passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module". Most of the other PAM services die when I add there respective services also. /etc/pam.d/passwd #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok account required pam_pwdb.so password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password required pam_pwdb.so use_authtok nullok md5 shadow I've copied all the files from /lib/security, /etc/security, and /lib/libpam* over to the new system. Any suggestions? If you need more information about something in particular, feel free to ask. Matthew M. Copeland Software Engineer Honeywell matthew.copeland@honeywell.com
