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Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 21:13:21 +0200
From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
To: Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: pam_start(): system error
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Le Fri, 25 May 2012 22:36:01 -0400,
Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> a écrit :

Hello,

>  My freebsd 8.2 box has a new, interesting error. When I go to change
> any user password I see the message passwd: pam_start(): system error
> as in :
> 
> [root@LBSD2:/etc/pam.d] #passwd
> Changing local password for root
> passwd: pam_start(): system error
> 
> passwd is able to see it's libraries:

you can try to reinstall the world and merge the pam configuration
(/etc/pam.d). You can check the pam modules (.so) also
(in /usr/lib/pam_*.so)

Good luck, regards.