Hi Hartmut On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 13:29, Hartmut Ruff wrote: > Hi, > > i use rlogin as a "normal" user to an RedHat 7.3 machine. > All is ok, that means -> no password request. > > But if i use the "newgrp <group>" command to switch > to another group, then the connection will immediately > closed. root rlogin and using of newgrp is ok ! > > > ws2/users/xyz> rlogin ws1 > > ws1 $ newgrp sys > > Connection closed. > > ws2/users/xyz> > > /var/log/messages shows : > > Apr 8 13:26:18 ws1 login(pam_unix)[9598]: session closed for user xyz > > Has anyone solved the same problem ? I dunno if this could help, but check the file /etc/pam.d./newgrp if it exists. If it doesn't exist, see /etc/pam.d/other. It would prolly be the auth line, check if it is not something like pam_deny.so It could be that pam_deny will allow only root access and deny everyone else? HTH, Allen > Thanks a lot > Hartmut > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
