Re: Can't Login? pam?

From: mw (email@mware.itgo.com)
Date: 12/26/02 

From: "mw" <email@mware.itgo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 04:39:41 +1100

ok, i found it, I needed to use the sshd.pam.old auth file after all.

thanks for your help anyways

"mw" <email@mware.itgo.com> wrote in message
news:vsRO9.10461$jM5.30385@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> hi thank you for the reply, if I knew what to read then I would read it.
I
> had this problem a long time ago but can't remember the solution. What
are
> the usuall steps for doing this correctly, I don't need pam, but thought I
> would try it.
>
> It says that pam was configured in, what file does it use for auth. ie is
it
> /etc/pam.d/sshd ?
>
> Any online reading suggestions?
>
> thanks
>
> "those who know me have no need of my name" <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
> wrote in message news:m1of78qf2x.gnus@usa.net...
> > in comp.security.ssh i read:
> >
> > >Hello, I just compiled and installed ssh3.5p1 source. I
used --with-pam
> > >in the ./configure option.
> > >
> > >I am unable to login, always invalid password. I think I am missing
> > >something simple here.
> >
> > that's almost always the case, usually the problem is that people don't
> > want to read anything, e.g., the ssh installation instructions or their
> > log files.
> >
> > >What do I need to do, I have tried the redhat sshd.pam into
> /etc/pam.d/sshd
> > >from the contrib directory in the source as i am running redhat 6.0.
and
> > >also the generic file.
> >
> > it's likely that these pam configurations are more advanced than what
your
> > system has installed, so you may need to tweak them, especially you may
> > need to replace the pam_stack module with an explicit list of modules.
> >
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