Re: [Devil-linux-develop] groupadd PAM problem.

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

>>>> I also get the same error when I try to delete a user or a group:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> root@squid :/etc # useradd test root@squid:/etc # userdel test
>>>> userdel: PAM authentication failed
>>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test1
>>>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test1
>>>> groupdel: PAM authentication failed
>>>> root@squid:/etc #
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Does it fix the problem if you copy /etc/pam.d/groupadd to groupdel?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I tried that before my last message and it didn't work.
>>
>>
>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test1
>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test1
>> groupdel: PAM authentication failed
>> root@squid:/etc #
>>
>>
>> But after your message I tried it again and it works!
>> root@squid:/etc # groupadd test2
>> root@squid:/etc # groupdel test2
>> root@squid:/etc #
>>
>>
>> However, doing the same with userdel doesn't seem to:
>> root@squid:/etc # useradd test3
>> root@squid:/etc # userdel test3
>> userdel: error removing group entry
>> userdel: error removing shadow group entry
>> root@squid:/etc #
>> --
>> John Bridleman
>>     
>
> It seems we should look at this problem before we release 1.2.10.
> Guess it's time to look how other distros handle this one, I don't think
> it makes sense to list every single program here...
>   

Let's not forget about 'usermod' & 'groupmod'.  Can you try those John?

 - BS