Dear Neelay, Have you tried to configure the pam services (under the /etc/pam.d) as well? If you haven't, then try to use an already defined service in the pam_start("login",...); function. --Cheers, Marios -----Original Message----- From: pam-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:pam-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shah, Neelay Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:54 PM To: pam-list@redhat.com Subject: PAM newbie Hi, I am a newbie to PAM and I want to verify the user password. What I want to do is authenticate the current user. I tried using pam_start() and pam_authenticate() API's but it always returns me "Not authenticated". What am I doing wrong ? Thanks in advance, Neelay _______________________________________________ Pam-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list