> gcc -O7 -pipe -g -DLINUX_PAM -ansi -D_POSIX_SOURCE -Wall -Wwrite-strings > -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wtraditional -Wstrict-prototypes > -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wshadow -pedantic > -I/home/glxy/tmp/Linux-PAM-0.72/include -fPIC -Dlinux -Di386 > -DWANT_PWDB -DPAM_DYNAMIC -c > pam_mail.c -o dynamic/pam_mail.o > pam_mail.c:39: pwdb/pwdb_public.h: No such file or directory > /usr/include/bits/string2.h: In function `__mempcpy_small': > In file included from /usr/include/string.h:346, > from pam_mail.c:31: It can't find the header file in the default include path. Use -I to fix that. > If I go into pam_mail.c, and eliminate the need to include > pwdb/pwdb_public.h, the same sort of thing happens with quite a few of > the module files, e.g.: > > /usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot open -lpwdb: No such file or > directory > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status The linker needs libpwdb. It's build together with PAM itself. Use -L to correct paths. > Is there a library(ies) that Red Hat has that Slakware doesn't? > > I despair of every being able to build this tool, but I need it to run the > secure shell application, ssh. You don't need PAM to use SSH. Igmar