> This is easy - you're using shadow passwords so you cannot authenticate > other users if the pam authentication doesn't run as root. This isn't the issue : Authentication succeeds if the daemon runs as the user it is about to authenticate. When the permissions of /etc/shadow is the issue, *all* authentication fails except when running as root. It's probably some sort or RBAC issue, of PAM is using an external helper. Igmar _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list