Hi, the problem is fixed now. The reason was, we use NIS and the problem was to switch to group sys, which was included in /etc/group of the local machine. After removing this entry from /etc/group "newgrp sys" is ok now. Thanks Hartmut Allen Van Der Ross wrote: > > Hi, > > On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 08:07, Hartmut Ruff wrote: > > I'm going to suggest a few more things, but I'm > not even allowing r-services so I cannot test them. > > Try using pam_warn with pam_deny - maybe you will > get more info? > > Check that the user is indeed part of the group > you want to change him/her to. You can use > $ groups > $ grep user /etc/group > > Check that the group does not have a password > in the 2nd field in /etc/group. > > If it does have one, you can either remove it, > or if you really want one - try and create one > with passwd and manually placing it into the /etc/group file. > Sorry, I do not know of another way to set a group password. > > NOTE: To check passwords check the /etc/gshadow, > if you are using shadow. > > Btw, does gshadow exists on your machine? > > HTH, > Allen. > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
