From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 26 02:36:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4066106564A for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 02:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bluethundr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 588458FC08 for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 02:36:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfy7 with SMTP id fy7so985198vcb.13 for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 19:36:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=VVqDxNtl1mFCdD1S+6hz8BKBsgDoVHEfYstLk9YFcmQ=; b=G8AkCbT04YP+26AiQz/7MxwWlNF9tW8cXETtjfInDWj4ep7qZ7KOicjCsjsmwGT14R St6qzki+cTPZXzTcLz8eYCKT7m33L/yWPAyEsa+DZ0ctEHWl4NTr6c7feWFZ3FJ4QhhI RbamstkldOFHb/RmDX4N78EcetOCQMrO40hxa8NGk6wWbvVL32Lu+47tkAmYSzw0ZhS/ Pr6voWGO0xPFXEq6POtCe3b4ST4o4oE8DRMaFIsUgYtJDHnqRyOkyjf3Vly0e5lkIODb 3gP4foPFWVjqzmKxPbt2YWbXkCgEPL/tDq7+Nil/POKzbY0/pVGXmpm4EovSajMpG/lD qEHA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.67.205 with SMTP id p13mr980168vdt.33.1337999761363; Fri, 25 May 2012 19:36:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.172.103 with HTTP; Fri, 25 May 2012 19:36:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 22:36:01 -0400 Message-ID: From: Tim Dunphy To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: pam_start(): system error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 02:36:08 -0000 Hello list, My freebsd 8.2 box has a new, interesting error. When I go to change any user password I see the message passwd: pam_start(): system error as in : [root@LBSD2:/etc/pam.d] #passwd Changing local password for root passwd: pam_start(): system error passwd is able to see it's libraries: [root@LBSD2:/etc/pam.d] #ldd /usr/bin/passwd /usr/bin/passwd: libpam.so.5 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.5 (0x2808e000) libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x28096000) Here are my libraries: [root@LBSD2:/etc/pam.d] #ls /lib geom libcrypt.so.5 libncursesw.so.8 libalias.so.7 libcrypto.so.6 libnvpair.so.2 libalias_cuseeme.so libctf.so.2 libpcap.so.7 libalias_dummy.so libdevstat.so.7 libreadline.so.8 libalias_ftp.so libdtrace.so.2 libsbuf.so.5 libalias_irc.so libedit.so.7 libssp.so.0 libalias_nbt.so libgcc_s.so.1 libthr.so.3 libalias_pptp.so libgeom.so.5 libufs.so.5 libalias_skinny.so libipsec.so.4 libumem.so.2 libalias_smedia.so libipx.so.5 libutil.so.8 libavl.so.2 libjail.so.1 libuutil.so.2 libbegemot.so.4 libkiconv.so.4 libz.so.5 libbsdxml.so.4 libkvm.so.5 libzfs.so.2 libbsnmp.so.5 libm.so.5 libzpool.so.2 libc.so.7 libmd.so.5 libcam.so.5 libncurses.so.8 I was wondering if there was a way to resintall pam under freebsd? This machine is an 8.2 release FreeBSD LBSD2.summitnjhome.com 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb 18 02:24:46 UTC 2011 root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 thanks tim -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B