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Old 01-16-2006
UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option

Hi all,

I just implemented PAM on my Solris 8/9 boxes and one of the entries I have got in the /etc/pam.conf is as followed,

other password required pam_unix.so nullok remember=7 md5 shadow use_authtok

However, once I set this and the following meesages appears in /var/adm/messages

Jan 16 18:24:43 sunntp01 passwd[7329]: [ID 771494 user.error] UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option nullok
Jan 16 18:24:43 sunntp01 passwd[7329]: [ID 771494 user.error] UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option remember=7
Jan 16 18:24:43 sunntp01 passwd[7329]: [ID 771494 user.error] UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option md5
Jan 16 18:24:43 sunntp01 passwd[7329]: [ID 771494 user.error] UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option shadow
Jan 16 18:24:43 sunntp01 passwd[7329]: [ID 771494 user.error] UNIX chauthtok(): illegal module option use_authtok

Do you know what went wrong in my system? Thanks in advance.
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Old 01-19-2006
any reply guys? plz help >_<
 
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