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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am currently unable to retrieve the password string given to my custom PAM module from OpenSSH Server.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing a PAM module in order to allow OpenSSH Server to reference a user database on peripheral hardware. I modeled my code very similarly to `pam_userdb` and tested it initially with the tool in the `simple_pam` repository on GitHub. The `simple_pam` tool worked but OpenSSH Server was not able to retreave the password for comparison. The main difference between the two applications is that ‘simple_pam’ brings up the pam_prompt and sets the AUTHTOK first while OpenSSH only allows for retrieval. I have tried both `pam_get_auth` and `pam_get_item`, but both return an empty string for the SSH case. Also I get the username just fine from OpenSSH.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`pam_unix` works, so I am really confused as to why I cannot get the AUTHTOK. Do you think it has something to do with the module locks placed on AUTHOKs? Could I be missing a compiler option?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Liam </p></div></body></html>