Not to ask the obvious... but: What have you changed recently? What have you been working on? What RPMs might you have installed recently? Ben On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Alfred wrote: > I will appreciate your help. > I have linux 7.2 running good, then all sudden the PAM quite working. > It will not authenticate any other program ie ftp,pop mail,ssh,,, > > With pop mail I get this error message, though password is correct. > "ERR [AUTH] PAM authentication failed for user alfred"; Authentication > failure(7)." > > Will I loss anything my installing a newer one , or how do a resolve > this problem. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > -- Thursday, December 10, 1840: I discover a strange track in the snow and learn that some migrating otter has made across from the river to the wood, by my yard and the smith=92s shop, in the silence of the night. I cannot but smile at my own wealth, when I am thus reminded that every chink and cranny of nature is full to overflowing, that each instant is crowded full of great events. --Henry David Thoreau