vincenzo romero wrote: > I would like to DISABLE the PAM authentication; am unable to get the > answer after googl'ing for hours; if anyone is familiar on how to do > this: please advise. I am quite new to the intricacies of this OS; > please bear the naive questions. Since your quite new, may I ask what is the reason behind wanting to disable PAM ? I can't imagine any reason why someone would want to do that. But I'm sure there is some reason out there.. Just curious. nate