Re: [webmin-l] login problems

[Obantec S. <su...@ob...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: "Webmin users list" <web...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] login problems


> Hmm, that message isn't too informative is it :-(
> Are you using PAM for authentication there? Usermin will use it if you 
> have the Authen::PAM perl module installed, and an /etc/pam.d/usermin 
> file. In this case, the login attempt and reason for failure will be 
> written to /var/log/authlog or /var/log/secure, depending on your OS.
>
> - Jamie
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From:  "Obantec Support" <su...@ob...>
> Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] login problems
> Date:  Sun 12 Nov 2006 11:36 am
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> To:  "Webmin users list" <web...@li...>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
> To: "Webmin users list" <web...@li...>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [webmin-l] login problems
>
>
>> On 12/Nov/2006 10:06 Obantec Support wrote ..
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> webmin 1.300 / usermin 1.220 on FC3
>>>
>>> i set-up 1 customer account as i have done many times before but i 
>>> cannot
>>> login to usermin or pop3 or Neomail with his username and password.
>>>
>>> i can get to his usermin with users & groups then use the Usermin login
>>> button.
>>>
>>> looks like the password creation has been fried. now i did install 
>>> clamav
>>> prior to this issue but feel that is unrelated.
>>>
>>> i logged via SSH and used passwd to set his password and it now works!
>>
>> Does anything get logged to /var/usermin/miniserv.error or 
>> /var/log/secure
>> or /var/log/authlog when you try to login to Usermin as this new user?
>> Typically
>> the reason for authentication failures will be recorded in one of those
>> files..
>>
>> - Jamie
>>
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> Hi Jamie
>
> in /var/log/messages i see
>
> Nov 12 19:35:34 proteus2 usermin(pam_unix)[4506]: authentication failure;
> logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=  user=grazcouk
>
> and nothing in miniserv.error that seems to relate.
>
> Mark
>
>
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Hi Jamie

weird thing is now its all ok.
i think /var/log/secure is not set-up 100%

looking at that now.

Mark