Which service are you trying to get to use PAM? i.e. /bin/login for telnet? if so, you need to build/rebuild login from the shadow-utils to get a PAM-ified version. Each 'service' you want to use PAM must be built against it -- and of course, it must "do the right thing" w.r.t PAM functions. Hope this helps. -b > -----Original Message----- > From: Magnus Påhlsson [mailto:mfp@itn.liu.se] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:58 AM > To: pam-list > Subject: Initiliazing pam > > > Ok, this question is probably stupid but hey, I can't figure it out on > my own so here we go. > > How do I get my system to use the pam definitions? > > I'm running a slackware 8 box (slightly modified with > upgraded glibc and > other minor changes) and I'm trying to get the pam_smb module > to work to > be able to authenticate against our NT domain controllers. I've > installed Linux-PAM manually, as it isn't integrated in slack, and > installed the pam_smb module along with a /etc/pam_smb.conf. > I'm using a > /etc/pam.d/login file which looks like this (as suggested by > the pam_smb > installation guide) > > auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so > auth required /lib/security/pam_smb_auth.so > auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so > account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so > password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so > password required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok use_authtok > session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so > > According to the pam_smb install guide that should be enough for it to > work. Now the rather confusing thing is.. how do I configure > the system > to read the pam config files? I've looked at a machine with linux-pam > included in the distribution but I can't locate where it > initializes the > pam modules. What have I missed? > > with humble regards, > > -- > Magnus Pahlsson > Computer and Network Systems > University of Linkoping, Campus Norrkoping, ITN > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list >
