08-21-2010
Hi Pokey
Im having same problems for long..
when it comes to su - user
i get /bin/su : incorrect password
what u mean by setting
userLogin No
where must i specify that
Im using suseLinux 10
Thanks
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unix2_chkpwd
UNIX2_CHKPWD(8) Linux-PAM Manual UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)
NAME
unix2_chkpwd - helper binary that verifies the password of the current user
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/unix2_chkpwd servicename username
DESCRIPTION
unix2_chkpwd is a helper program for applications that verifies the password of the current user. It is not intended to be run directly
from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.
It is typically installed setuid root or setgid shadow and called by applications, which only wishes to do an user authentication and noth-
ing more.
OPTIONS
unix2_pwdchk requires the following arguments:
pam_service
The name of the service using unix2_chkpwd. This is required to be one of the services in /etc/pam.d
username
The name of the user whose password you want to verify.
INPUTS
unix2_pwdchk expects the password via stdin.
RETURN CODES
unix2_chkpwd has the following return codes:
1 unix2_chkpwd was inappropriately called from the command line or the password is incorrect.
0 The password is correct.
HISTORY
Written by Olaf Kirch loosely based on unix_chkpwd by Andrew Morgan
SEE ALSO
pam(8)
AUTHOR
Emily Ratliff.
Linux-PAM 0.76 2003-03-21 UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)