On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 12:15:30PM +1000, Steven Haigh wrote: > Hi all, > > I've had this error rear it's ugly head again and I'm not exactly > sure why. The output in /var/log/message is: > > crond[14764]: pam_loginuid(crond:session): set_loginuid failed > opening loginuid I've seen this when using a non-standard kernel without the correct CONFIG_AUDIT and CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL options set. If you're running a kernel without those options then you can remove the pam_loginuid from PAM (sshd,crond,login,remote and possibly others) -- rgds Stephen