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  • 1.  PAM

    Posted Fri June 30, 2006 03:39 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Hi all,
    I want beginning with PAM on AIX 5.3.
    I have make a user with
    [u]mkuser -R PAmfiles SYSTEM=PAMfiles registry =PAMfiles pamuser[/u]
    after adding the lines
    [u]PAM:
    program=/usr/lib/security/PAM
    PAMfiles:
    options=auth=PAM,db=BUILTIN[/u]
    in methods.cfg.
    I can not login with this user.
    I can not change the user password with passwd pamuser.
    the lines in syslog:

    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_start(login pamuser)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(1)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(2)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(5)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(6)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_authenticate()
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: load_modules: /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: load_function: successful load of pam_sm_authenticate
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_authenticate: error No account present for user
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(6)
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_end(): status = No account present for user
    Jun 20 11:15:52 apfelmus auth|security:info syslog: lft0: failed login attempt for pamuser

    or for passwd:

    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_start(passwd pamuser)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(1)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(2)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(5)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(7)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(6)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_chauthtok()
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: load_modules: /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: load_function: successful load of pam_sm_chauthtok
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_aix chauthtok: prelim check
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_chauthtok: error Conversation failure
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(6)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_set_item(7)
    Jun 20 10:54:50 apfelmus auth|security:debug PAM: pam_end(): status = Conversation failure

    please help, whats wrong ?

    Thanks Joachim

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  • 2.  Re: PAM

    Posted Thu August 24, 2006 03:53 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Have you sent an initial password for the user? By default AIX disables logins of all new user accounts and I didn't see in your discussion where you ran the "passwd" command.
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