[CentOS] How to Disable PAM in Centos 5.1

Try this:

1.  Copy /etc/pam.d to /etc/pam.d.save
2.  Delete all files in /etc/pam.d
3.  Create vi /etc/pam.d/other with the following contents:

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auth        sufficient    pam_permit.so
account     sufficient    pam_permit.so
password    sufficient    pam_permit.so
session     sufficient    pam_permit.so
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4.  Attempt to log in