Re: [Devil-linux-develop] groupadd PAM problem.

[Serge L. <fi...@in...>]

Bruce,

Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 6:31:04 PM, you wrote:

>>>>> I also get the same error when I try to delete a user or a group:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> root@squid :/etc # useradd test root@squid:/etc # userdel test
>>>>> userdel: PAM authentication failed
>>>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test1
>>>>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test1
>>>>> groupdel: PAM authentication failed
>>>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> Does it fix the problem if you copy /etc/pam.d/groupadd to groupdel?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> I tried that before my last message and it didn't work.
>>>
>>>
>>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test1
>>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test1
>>> groupdel: PAM authentication failed
>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>
>>>
>>> But after your message I tried it again and it works!
>>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test2
>>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test2
>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>
>>>
>>> However, doing the same with userdel doesn't seem to:
>>> root@squid:/etc # useradd test3
>>> root@squid:/etc # userdel test3
>>> userdel: error removing group entry
>>> userdel: error removing shadow group entry
>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>> --
>>> John Bridleman
>>>     
>>
>> It seems we should look at this problem before we release 1.2.10.
>> Guess it's time to look how other distros handle this one, I don't think
>> it makes sense to list every single program here...
>>   

> Let's not forget about 'usermod' & 'groupmod'.  Can you try those John?

As far as I know, if pam config for usermod (or groupmod) is absent, the
"other" config should be used. Otherwise we have to write configs for
_all_ binaries from the system...

I guess, there are 2 possible causes of problem:
1) the package ( which contain  userdel, useradd etc) is wrongly compiled
2) the pam config "other" is wrong.

I'll see tonight. But I can't start compilation on my note due to the
note age, so I'll see on the latest beta -
devil-linux-1.2.10-2006-06-08-i686-SMP.tar.bz2 .  I'm sorry, but I'm
now in business trip in  Sunnyvale, CA and have no access to build
environment & build boxes.


-- 
Best regards,
 Serge                            mailto:fi...@in...