The ypmatch returned a line similar to what you put in your message, but the password is shadowed. After doing some more reading, it seems that Pam/RedHat doesn't support shadow passwords over nis, so I'm planning on changing the maps so the passwords aren't shadowed. Does this sound right? Thanks for your info.. Greg Adams _______________________________________________ Pam-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list