seems to mess up the pam for swat.

[root@host67 security]# rpm -qf /etc/pam.d/samba

samba-3.0.25b-1.el4_6.4

[root@host67 security]# cat /etc/pam.d/samba

#auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth

#account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth

auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth

account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth

and now it works

See below for debug/effort

==> /var/log/messages <==

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_stack.so)

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_stack.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_stack.so

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: [2008/03/24 09:50:58, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_auth(534)

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: smb_pam_auth: PAM: UNKNOWN ERROR while authenticating user root

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: [2008/03/24 09:50:58, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_passcheck(809)

Mar 24 09:50:58 host67 swat[26626]: smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User root !

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -ql pam | grep stack

/lib64/security/pam_stack.so

/usr/share/doc/pam-0.77/txts/README.pam_stack

/usr/share/man/man8/pam_stack.8.gz

[root@host67 ~]# up2date --whatprovides /lib/security/pam_stack.so

pam-0.77-66.23.i386

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -q pam

pam-0.77-66.23

[root@host67 ~]# uname -a

Linux host67.1.internal.pdinc.us 2.6.9-55.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Jun 26 14:14:47 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@host67 ~]# up2date -u pam

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-Base...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-Updates...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-extras...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-addons...

Fetching rpm headers...

########################################

Name Version Rel

----------------------------------------------------------

All packages are currently up to date

[root@host67 ~]# up2date -u pam --arch=i386

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-Base...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-Updates...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-extras...

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: centos4-addons...

Fetching rpm headers...

########################################

Name Version Rel

----------------------------------------------------------

pam 0.77 66.23 i386

Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...

Downloading headers to solve dependencies...

#######################################

Downloading headers to solve dependencies...

########################################

audit-libs-1.0.15-3.el4_6.1 ########################## Done.

cracklib-2.8.9-1.3.i386.rpm ########################## Done.

glib2-2.4.7-1.i386.rpm: ########################## Done.

pam-0.77-66.23.i386.rpm: ########################## Done.

cracklib-dicts-2.8.9-1.3.i3 ########################## Done.

Preparing ########################################### [100%]

Installing...

1:glib2 ########################################### [100%]

2:audit-libs ########################################### [100%]

3:cracklib ########################################### [100%]

4:cracklib-dicts ########################################### [100%]

5:pam ########################################### [100%]

The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:

Name Version Release

--------------------------------------------------------------

audit-libs 1.0.15 3.el4_6.1

cracklib 2.8.9 1.3

glib2 2.4.7 1

cracklib-dicts 2.8.9 1.3

[root@host67 ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_stack.so)

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_stack.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_stack.so

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: [2008/03/25 19:26:17, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_auth(534)

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: smb_pam_auth: PAM: UNKNOWN ERROR while authenticating user root

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: [2008/03/25 19:26:17, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_passcheck(809)

Mar 25 19:26:17 host67 swat[5003]: smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User root !

[root@host67 ~]# dir /lib/security/pam_stack.so

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10764 Nov 16 22:59 /lib/security/pam_stack.so

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -Vf /lib/security/pam_stack.so

S.5....T. c /etc/pam.d/system-auth

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -e glib2.i386 pam-0.77-66.23.i386

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -e audit-libs.i386

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -e cracklib.i386

[root@host67 ~]# rpm -e cracklib-dicts.i386

[root@host67 ~]#

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