Hi everyone, I am using SuSE 8.2 to try and achieve simple authentication against novell edirectory. getent passwd or getent group only displays information from local files. ldapsearch -x 'uid=linux29' returns the correct information stored in edirectory. Entering a edirectory username but wrong password results in the following in /var/log/messages:- Dec 8 10:04:31 linux29 login[2063]: pam_unix2: pam_sm_authenticate() called Dec 8 10:04:37 linux29 login[2063]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user "cn=Linux29,ou=SER,ou=KLK,o=EK" (Invalid credenti als) Dec 8 10:04:37 linux29 login[2063]: pam_unix2: pam_ldap returned 7 Dec 8 10:04:37 linux29 login[2063]: pam_unix2: username=[linux29] Dec 8 10:04:37 linux29 login[2063]: pam_unix2: pw == NULL, return PAM_USER_UNKNOWN Dec 8 10:04:43 linux29 login[2063]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user "cn=Linux29,ou=SER,ou=KLK,o=EK" (Invalid credenti als) Dec 8 10:04:43 linux29 login[2063]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM /dev/tty4 FOR UNKNOWN, Authentication failure Dec 8 10:04:47 linux29 login[2063]: pam_unix2: pam_sm_authenticate() called A correct username and password returns:- Dec 8 10:07:15 linux29 login[2115]: pam_unix2: pam_sm_authenticate() called Dec 8 10:07:18 linux29 login[2115]: pam_unix2: pam_ldap returned 0 Dec 8 10:07:18 linux29 login[2115]: pam_unix2: pam_sm_acct_mgmt() called Dec 8 10:07:18 linux29 login[2115]: pam_unix2: pam_ldap returned 0 Dec 8 10:07:18 linux29 login[2115]: Failed to look up user 'linux29'. Only the root account resides on the local machines. I am struggling bad and do not know what is wrong, probably something stupid. My pam.d/login file is:- #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so debug #auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug likeauth nullok nodelay auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug nullok auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so debug auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so debug account sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug account sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so debug password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so debug retry=3 minl en=4 dcredit=0 ucredit=0 password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug nullok md5 shado w use_authok password sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so debug use_authok password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so debug session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so debug session optional /lib/security/pam_unix.so debug session required /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ u mask=0022 session optional /lib/security/pam_ldap.so debug Any help appreciated Les Halliday Eksjo kommun _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list