Hi, how can i use pam for the authentication with aliases from openldap server ?? i have openldap 2.07 with pam_ldap 1.07 und nss_ldap 1.50 is this an openldap or pam problem ? my /etc/pam.d/passwd #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so auth required /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so use_first_pass account sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so account required /lib/security/pam_unix_acct.so password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so password required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so try_first_pass my /etc/pam.d/login #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so auth required /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so try_first_pass account sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so account required /lib/security/pam_unix_acct.so password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so password required /lib/security/pam_ldap.so password required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_first_pass session required /lib/security/pam_unix_session.so #session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so Thanks for any input rene