PAM denying valid user

[Thorsten Kukuk]

On Sat, Sep 04, Kevin Schroeder wrote:

> Hello,
>    I'm having a problem with PAM denying authentication for a valid user. 
> I'm using the pam_mysql method to authenticate a user.  The user exists in 
> the database and in checking the query made I can see that the username and 
> password are matching at that pam_mysql is returning 7 (PAM_SUCCESS?). 

7 means PAM_AUTH_ERR, not PAM_SUCCESS.

> However, when attempting to log in with IMAP or FTP I get an authentication 
> failure error on both.

Yes, since pam_mysql is returning an error, the user is not allowed
to login.

  Thorsten

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