[OpenAFS] afs+pam = problems

[Martin Schulz]

jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de writes:

> In my /etc/pam.conf file 
> the first 3 lines of first 3 lines of login are
> login	auth       requisite  pam_securetty.so
> login	auth       required   pam_unix.so
> login	auth       optional   pam_afs.so try_first_pass ignore_root

why is pam_unix required? Do you have all passwords in local passwd file?

why is pam_afs optional? Shouldn't it be sufficient? 

> and the first 3 lines of afs are
> afs	auth	  sufficient  pam_afs.so try_first_pass ignore_root
> afs	auth      required    pam_securetty.so
> afs	auth	  required    pam_nologin.so

What is that file used for? 

Yours,
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Martin Schulz                             schulz@iwrmm.math.uni-karlsruhe.de
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