06-25-2005
That should work. Do you have any nonstandard PAM modules installed?
Was BSM (basic security module) enabled?
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libpam
libpam(3LIB) Interface Libraries libpam(3LIB)
NAME
libpam - PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) library
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lpam [ library... ]
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
DESCRIPTION
Functions in this library provide routines for the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM).
INTERFACES
The shared object libpam.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object inter-
faces.
pam_acct_mgmt pam_authenticate
pam_chauthtok pam_close_session
pam_end pam_get_data
pam_get_item pam_get_user
pam_getenv pam_getenvlist
pam_open_session pam_putenv
pam_set_data pam_set_item
pam_setcred pam_start
pam_strerror
FILES
/lib/libpam.so.1
shared object
/etc/pam.conf
configuration file
/usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1
authentication management PAM module for dialups
/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1
authentication management PAM modules that use ruserok()
/usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1
sample PAM module
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsl |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT Level |MT-Safe with exceptions |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pvs(1), Intro(3), pam(3PAM), pam.conf(4), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5),
pam_dial_auth(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_rhosts_auth(5), pam_sample(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5),
pam_unix_session(5)
NOTES
The functions in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle.
The pam_unix(5) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_auth-
tok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).
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