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Old 04-20-2010, 03:59 PM   #1
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system-auth configuration


I'm hoping someone can help me out. I am new to pam.d config. I made configurations changes to /etc/pam.d/system-auth and /etc/pam.d/login. When these files are configured the way they are, I can't login and/or I can't login in the GUI interface and a terminal. Can someone help clarify the pam.d stuff?

Contents of /etc/pam.d/login
Code:
 #%PAM-1.0
#line added per security guide
auth	   required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
auth [user_unknown=ignore success=ok ignore=ignore default=bad] pam_securetty.so
auth       include      system-auth
account    required     pam_nologin.so
account    include      system-auth
password   include      system-auth
# pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule
session    required     pam_selinux.so close
session    include      system-auth
session    required     pam_loginuid.so
session    optional     pam_console.so
# pam_selinux.so open should only be followed by sessions to be executed in the 
user context
session    required     pam_selinux.so open
session    optional     pam_keyinit.so force revoke
Contents of /etc/pam.d/system-auth
Code:
auth        required      pam_env.so
auth        required      pam_tally.so per_user deny=3
auth        sufficient    pam_unix.so try_first_pass 
auth        required      pam_deny.so

account     required      pam_tally.so
account     required      pam_unix.so
account     sufficient    pam_succeed_if.so uid < 500 quiet
account     required      pam_permit.so

password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so minlen=8 ucredit=-1 lcredit=-1 dcredit=-1 ocredit=-1 retry=3
password    sufficient    pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow remember=24 
password    required      pam_deny.so

session	    optional	  pam_keyinit.so revoke
session     required      pam_limits.so
session     [success=1 default=ignore] pam_succeed_if.so service in crond quiet use_uid
session     required      pam_unix.so
 
Old 04-20-2010, 05:46 PM   #2
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I can't login and/or I can't login in the GUI interface and a terminal.
I think it would be easier and more hands-on if you (re)boot into runlevel 1 then check syslog for for reasons for login failure? If there's PAM failures it'll show in /var/log/secure and AVC (SE Linux) ones will be in /var/log/messages and or /var/log/audit/audit.log.
 
Old 04-27-2010, 11:00 AM   #3
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There's nothing in the log. I can't even change to another virtual terminal CTRL-ALT-F(1-6). I can only get to the Gui (F7). Any ideas why I can't even navigate to it?
 
  


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