sorry to post again, but I have "found" another clue.. (maybe it will help). i tested something different with my ssh/regular logins and i noted that if i type an incorrect password the first time when asked to login, the correct password will not work on the subsequent requests (i.e. for ssh login). I need to break the connection and try again to get the password to work. I do not see this behaviour under RH 7.x or 8.0. Tom On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Tom Ryan wrote: > Before I post to bugzilla, I was wondering if anyone could advise on this > particular problem. > > I have a custom pam module to handle authentication on my system. I can > login via console,ssh,etc but I can not login via gdm. > > I've turned on debugging in gdm and can not find anything useful. The only > difference I can see is the addition of pam_env.so between 8.0 and 9 > (everything worked fine in 8.0). > > Any ideas? the authentication is a 1 time password, but, the password is > not even being expired from the auth server so the authentication request > is not even happening. > > very weird. > > tom > > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Tom Ryan Voice: 856-225-6361 Consulting System Administrator Fax: 856-969-7900 Rutgers School of Law - Camden