passwd: Module is unknown

[ahs3ng]

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Hi guys

i just added a user by #useradd rachael

then when i countered this error when i do #passwd rachael

Changing password for user rachael.
passwd: Module is unknown

Any idea how to solve this? thanks

[blade4383]

Hi
U can do this if user addition is very urgent..
if you can edit /etc/passwd then do that ....add an entry to it...

Kindly see if all your pam modules are present

[ahs3ng]

hmm.. when i do a #vi /etc/passwd

rachael is there already.

hmmm... this is what i get when i do a #vi /var/log/secure

Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM _pam_load_conf_file: unable to open /etc/pam.d/pam_cracklib.so
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM unable to dlopen(<*unknown module path*>)
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM [error: <*unknown module path*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM adding faulty module: <*unknown module path*>
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM (passwd) illegal module type: lcredit=-1
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...minlen=8]
Feb 25 06:34:15 testbox passwd: PAM (passwd) no module name supplied

Indeed.. the pam_cracklib.so is not at /etc/pam.d/

i found it in /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so

any idea? thanks

[blade4383]

Hi

do u have "passwd" file in /etc/pam.d with the following contents:

#&#37;PAM-1.0
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth

If not create it with 644 permissions with user and group as root.

[ahs3ng]

Hi

do u have "passwd" file in /etc/pam.d with the following contents:

#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth

If not create it with 644 permissions with user and group as root.

i have it.. but the contents are different

%PAM-1.0
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include pam_cracklib.so retry=3 dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1
lcredit=-1 minlen=8
password required pam_unix.so md5 remember=4 use_authtok

[ahs3ng]

oh ya.. thanks alot.. the lines you gave works.. but any idea why the codes i posted above doesnt works?

thanks in advance

[blade4383]

Ok...

try using the contents that my file has,..... remember to backup your original file ...

and then try creating a user... and post the output

[blade4383]

ok good..

I think that it is using some encryption method and for that it requires pam_cracklib.so....

what u can do is create a link to ur pam_cracklib.so in /etc/pam.d with the same name...
and try creating a user..
see if it works...

[ahs3ng]

ok good..

I think that it is using some encryption method and for that it requires pam_cracklib.so....

what u can do is create a link to ur pam_cracklib.so in /etc/pam.d with the same name...
and try creating a user..
see if it works...

tried that.. but doesnt work.. hmm.. izzit becoz i installed selinux?

[blade4383]

Hmmmm... could be

I have never used SElinux... have u tried uninstalling it...cause it is for increasing the security..like ApArmour in SUSE