Hello Rebecca, > i am using pam_auth > (http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~ccunning/pam_auth.html) to verify > username/password. > if i enter an incorrect username i get "check pass/user unknown" error. > if i enter correct username and correct or incorrect password (doesn't > matter) i get "password not found" error. > i have created the /etc/pam.d/php file, and followed all direction on > the page referenced above (atleast i think i have).....i'm at a loss. > after i added /etc/pam.d/php file i added this line of code: > auth required /lib/security/pam_warn.so > then i also got this as part of the error: > user: (uid=99) -> rebecca [remote: ?nobody@?nowhere] > has anyone tried to use pam_auth and had a similar problem? I can't help much with getting that particular pam auth module to work, but I can suggest an alternative which might give you better results, or at least better error logs (I hope...) ftp://ftp.netexpress.net/pub/pam/php_pam.newest.tgz php_pam fully implements the PAM API, and should work with a much wider range of PAM modules than Chad Cunningham's pam_auth module. Of course, since I'm the author of php_pam you may wish to take my biased recommendations with a grain of salt. :) Steve Langasek postmodern programmer