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Date:      Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:18:27 -0400
From:      Bob Johnson <bob88@bobj.org>
To:        jason <jason@monsterjam.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pam is hosed! ;)
Message-ID:  <200209211518.27542.bob88@bobj.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020921134444.B83307-100000@monsterjam.org>
References:  <20020921134444.B83307-100000@monsterjam.org>

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On Saturday 21 September 2002 01:56 pm, jason appears to have written:
> running FreeBSD monsterjam.org 4.5-RC FreeBSD 4.5-RC #0: Sat Jan 26
> 00:52:46 EST 2002   =20
> root@monsterjam.org:/space/obj/usr/src/sys/ROLAND  i386 and
> everything has been running absolutely ducky for quite a while
> monsterjam# uptime
>  1:45PM  up 237 days, 35 mins, 8 users, load averages: 0.16, 0.04,
> 0.02
>
> all of a sudden pam stops authenticating for my imap/pop3 users and
> http users..
> I see all these messages in my /var/log/messages:
>
> Sep 21 13:23:22 monsterjam cupsd: unable to
> dlopen(/lib/security/pam_unix.so)
> Sep 21 13:23:22 monsterjam cupsd: [dlerror: Cannot open
> "/lib/security/pam_unix.so"]
> Sep 21 13:23:22 monsterjam cupsd: adding faulty module:
> /lib/security/pam_unix.so
>
> Sep 20 22:35:36 monsterjam login: _pam_init_handlers: no default
> config /etc/pam.d/other
> Sep 20 22:35:36 monsterjam login: error reading PAM configuration
> file Sep 20 22:35:36 monsterjam login: pam_start: failed to
> initialize handlers Sep 20 22:35:36 monsterjam login: pam_start:
> Critical error - immediate abort
>
>
> Sep 21 08:40:58 monsterjam login: unable to
> dlopen(/lib/security/pam_unix.so)
> Sep 21 08:40:58 monsterjam login: [dlerror: Cannot open
> "/lib/security/pam_unix.so"]
> Sep 21 08:40:58 monsterjam login: adding faulty module:
> /lib/security/pam_unix.so
> Sep 21 08:40:58 monsterjam login: pam_authenticate: Module is unknown
>
> Ive searched google and cant seem to find out what they mean.
>
> looking at my system, pam_unix.so is in /usr/lib, not /lib/security
>
> monsterjam# locate pam_unix.so
> /usr/lib/pam_unix.so
>
> regular telnet,ssh logins to the box work fine, just not imap, pop3,
> http, what should I do?

Tentatively, I'd say it looks like someone installed their own (Linux?)=20
version of PAM on your system in an effort to gain access. =20

What does "ls -l /etc/pam.conf" show, and what is in /etc/pam.conf? =20

Have you upgraded or installed anything at all recently?

Also, have you kept up to date on security patches? =20

What does "last" show?

- Bob

>
> regards,
> Jason


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