8.04 PAM errors

[R Kimber]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:32:35 +0100
R Kimber wrote:

> 
> I frequently get errors of the form:
> 
> CRON[1034]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so
> CRON[1079]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_smbpass.so)
> CRON[1079]: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory]
> 
> It looks as if there might be errors for most but not all  cron jobs,
> but I'm not sure yet.

OK.  Installing libpam-smbpass seems to have got rid of the errors.

I've no Idea why this has become a necessary package.  I'm not aware of
needing to use it, or anything smb-related.  It looks as though some smb
package is installed by default, and someone forgot to include
libpam-smbpass.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
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