Yes, you are right, adding pam_permit.so helps. There are some inconsistency in pam: almost half of pam_sm_setcred functions in auth modules are returning PAM_SUCCESS unconditionally, other fews are returning PAM_IGNORE: PAM_IGNORE: pam_access, pam_echo, pam_exec, pam_faildelay, pam_ftp, pam_issue, pam_sepermit, pam_succeed_if, pam_warn PAM_SUCCESS: pam_listfile, pam_localuser, pam_permit, pam_rhosts, pam_rootok, pam_securetty, pam_selinux, pam_shells, pam_timestamp, pam_userdb, pam_wheel In man page says that pam_sm_setcred function performs the task of altering the credentials of the user with respect to the corresponding authorization scheme. So, If all modules not alter the credentials(return PAM_IGNORE) user access will be denied. If I understand correctly, a writer of /etc/pam.d/... configs must use at least one module from second list in auth stack. This is nontrivial thing. And it seems this is impossible to patch - changes are too big. But pam_permit in the end is working, thank you. Best, Alexander Bersenev _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list