[TriLUG] pam help

[mark at thefowles.com]

If you can get into the sytem, check authconfig and see if LDAP is enabled....   (this updates /etc/pam.d/system-auth to include pam_ldap.so for log in)

Thanks,
Mark

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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:58:52 -0400 (EDT), "Matt Pusateri" <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com> wrote:

> > I have a Redhat 9 system which is not allowing interactive console or
> > remote
> > login.
> > It used to.
> >
> > I bounced it into single user and checked nsswitch, passwd, shadow...
> > nothing fishy there.
> >
> > I'm hearing a third hand story that someone may have been applying RPMs
> > and
> > futzing with this host in order to allow ldap authentication, but a find
> > -newer didn't turn anything up that seemed important to me, and the person
> > who allegedly did the deed went on vacation.
> >
> > My guess is that I need to look at pam.  This is probably because I don't
> > know much about pam and the unknown makes for a handy scapegoat.  So, my
> > question for the pam-aware before I go off half cocked... are my symptoms
> > described above things which may result from pam trouble?
> 
> It very well sounds like it could be PAM. I know I have done the same
> thing trying to get LDAP authentication working.  Although I guess if I
> was a PAM expert I wouldn't have locked myself out:)
> 
> Matt
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