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List:       pam-list
Subject:    RE: How do I...?
From:       "Stephen Goggin" <sgoggin () NetEffect ! com>
Date:       2007-10-31 19:00:43
Message-ID: 5E701717F2B2ED4EA60F87C8AA57B7CC07939306 () venom2
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>PAM is used by a number of X applications, including XDM et al. but is
>independant of it.  Whether or not you need xorg is irrelevant for
>setting up PAM.

I never even attempted a correlation between the two... I was stating
what we do and do not need...

>> The problem is that the machine doesn't get that far in the boot
>> process. It gets to "Running /sbin/init" and stops...
>This sounds like a problem with the boot scripts not with PAM.

It's been fixed with a modification to PAM in the past. All the issues
and error messages are 100% identical to before...

>Are you sure that /etc is writeable?  If not that would explain this
>error.  strace-ing the passwd process may also help identify the
>problem.

Yes, I'm sure. 

>2. Disabling PAM is relatively easy, someone has already posted step by
>step instructions on how to do this.

Oh? Where? I've Googled for it for days now and have never found one...
Is it compatible with a PXE booting NFS situation?

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