Ext3 users - Jun 2005 - passwd : Module is unknown (Redhat 9 Enterprise Edition)

Hi All,

Can anyone help me in resolving this problem. 

 

I use Redhat 9 Enterprise edition. I have a session in which I logged in
as a root. When I issue the command "su" from any other user it is
throwing error "su : Incorrect password", If I try to change the
password from the root session, it is throwing error "passwd : module
unknown". 

 

[root at TESTING root]# su

su: incorrect password

[root at TESTING root]# passwd

Changing password for user root.

passwd: Module is unknown

[root at TESTING root]# which passwd

/usr/bin/passwd

[root at TESTING root]# ls /etc/passwd

/etc/passwd

[root at TESTING root]#

 

[root at TESTING root]# uname -a

Linux TESTING 2.4.21-4.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 17:52:56 EDT 2003 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[root at TESTING root]#

 

As a normal user other than root

 

[kapil at TESTING kapil]$ su

su: incorrect password

[kapil at TESTING kapil]$

 

Please help me in resolving this problem.

 

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On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 kapil.sampath at wipro.com wrote:
> I use Redhat 9 Enterprise edition. I have a session in which I logged in
> as a root. When I issue the command "su" from any other user it
is
> throwing error "su : Incorrect password", If I try to change the
> password from the root session, it is throwing error "passwd : module
> unknown".
First of all, there is no such thing as Redhat 9 Enterprise -- it looks 
like you're running RHEL3, unpatched.  Secondly, your question has 
nothing to do with ext3, so you will likely get a more helpful response 
elsewhere.  But if I had to guess, I'd say your /etc/pam.d/system-auth 
is corrupted.  You might try reinstalling your pam rpm.

Damian Menscher
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