[TriLUG] pam help

[Matt Pusateri]

> 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