Nathan Jennings wrote: > > Hello, > [] > /etc/pam.d/{passwd,login} look identical like below: > > OTHER auth optional /lib/security/pam_permit.so > OTHER account optional /lib/security/pam_permit.so > OTHER password optional /lib/security/pam_permit.so > OTHER session optional /lib/security/pam_permit.so Remove first word (OTHER) from this lines and retry... BTW, for your environment, instead of using full-featured login+passwd, it may be more appropriate to use something more light, like e.g. sulogin (don't know about substitute for passwd), or just drop login altogether (just execute shell instead of login, with correctly set up environment). Regards, Michael.