[BlueOnyx:09830] Re: PAM problem on 5106R?

[Darryl Mitchell]

On 3/19/2012 4:07 PM, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> On 03/19/2012 11:29 AM, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
>> We have a customer server that is exhibiting a strange behavior.  It
>> will allow SSH as admin, but will not allow su - to obtain root.  We get
>> a permission denied.
>>
>> We can get in as root if the appropriate option is ticked in the BX GUI.
>>    It's not a password problem.
>>
>> I have even tried SSH as root, su admin, then su - again and the same
>> problem occurs.
>>
>> We show these entries in /var/log/secure:
>> --------------
>> Mar 19 16:19:11 dedicated40 su[25717]: pam_unix(su-l:auth):
>> authentication failure; logname=root uid=500 euid=500 tty=pts/1
>> ruser=admin rhost=  user=root
>>
>> Mar 19 16:19:11 dedicated40 pam_abl[25717]: Permission denied (13) while
>> opening or creating database
>>
>> Mar 19 16:19:15 dedicated40 su: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for
>> user admin
>> --------------
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced this?  Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
> Have you checked pam_abl in the GUI
> Server Management ->  Security ->  Failed Logins
>
Hello, both user and host rules are turned off.

When switching user to root, I get this:

[admin at dedicated40 ~]$ su -
Password:
su: incorrect password
[admin at dedicated40 ~]$

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Thank you,

Darryl Mitchell | dmitchell at virtbiz.com
VIRTBIZ Internet Support