> Robin Redmile-Gordon wrote: > > If anyone can help on this subject I would greatly appreciate a > dialogue. > Recently installed new RedHat 7.2 server. Downloaded the the > eps_i386_linux6 and srp_i386_linux6 tars from srp.stanford.edu. > Installed > as before (RH6.2) but pam.d configuration and inetd configuration is > changed. > I've run the tconf and generated the key. > I've remade the root password and one other and confirmed that they > updated > shadow, passwd and tpasswd. > I've added the pam_eps_auth.so and pam_eps_passwd.so to /lib/security > and > set permissions. > I've added the lines: > auth required /lib/security/pam_eps_auth.so > passwd required /lib/security/pam_eps_passwd.so > > to the following files in /etc/pam/d: > login, su, passwd, ftp and system-auth > > I have kept several root sessions open whilst I'm doing that. Just as > well > because I can't login from any other consol terminal or from a > telnet. I > did confirm the telnet session was working under SRP before I changed > to > EPS. > > I've now commented out the "auth required > /lib/security/pam_eps_auth.so" lines in all the pam.d files and can > login OK. > > Am I missing something? Is there something else under RH7.2 that's > changed > or made these earlier modules unworkable? All contributions > gratefully > received. What exactly happens when you try to log in? Are you getting a "password incorrect" or "login incorrect" when you enter the right password? If the login succeeds with an empty password, then you've hit upon a VERY nasty bug in recent PAM implementations. > Regards > Robin Tom -- Tom Wu Principal Software Engineer Arcot Systems (408) 969-6124 "The Borg? Sounds Swedish..."
