I know this may sound intensely stupid but I am trying to figure out a way to kill a ghost authentication failure in samba (all the way back to 1998). I found a patch that is no longer valid and has rejects. So, in the upshot I need to set PAM_SILENT to shut up the false error messages. I havent included the source code unless requested. And no, I am not a programmer of any sorts, however PAM_SILENT seems to default to 0 (logging this crap), and there is no clue to set it ( I would assume 1 but where?) Any advice, hints, clues, abuse? Henri -- Vote for the United States National Official Monster Raving Loony Party! USN-OMRLP Vote For Insanity - You Know It Makes Sense