PAM authentication problem

From: Adam H. Pendleton (fmonkey@fmonkey.net)
Date: 03/19/03

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From: "Adam H. Pendleton" <fmonkey@fmonkey.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:07:02 -0500

    I am having a problem with my Solaris 8 box, which seems related to PAM,
    but it somewhat peculiar/troubling. I am able to login to the box via
    telnet without a problem, but when I try to su to root, I get the
    following:

    Mar 19 11:01:40 boromir su: [ID 308033 auth.debug] pam_acct_mgmt: error Get
    new authentication token
    Mar 19 11:01:40 boromir su: [ID 810491 auth.crit] 'su root' failed for root
    on /dev/pts/2

    When I try to su to root with the incorrect password, I get:

    Mar 19 11:01:47 boromir su: [ID 427203 auth.debug] pam_authenticate: error
    Authentication failed
    Mar 19 11:01:47 boromir su: [ID 810491 auth.crit] 'su root' failed for
    fmonkey on /dev/pts/2

    Notice that in the first one, I get "su root failed for *root*", but in the
    second it fails for my username. Perhaps this is a resource problem (i.e.,
    file handles, etc.)? Does anyone have any ideas?

    ahp

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