Hi,
my etc/pam.d/login file is given at the end. i am using winbind and single sign on is working now. on the fly directory creation also works. when i check the /var/log/messages i have this error in there 1.Jun 23 05:40:46 niit158VM pam_winbind[1696]: user 'linwin/zubair'granted acces 2.Jun 23 05:40:46 niit158VM pam_winbind[1696]: user 'linwin/zubair' granted acces 3.Jun 23 05:40:46 niit158VM PAM-mkhomedir[1696]: unknown option; /etc/skel/ 4.Jun 23 05:40:46 niit158VM -- LINWIN/zubair[1696]: LOGIN ON tty1 BY LINWIN/zubair now why is winbind being called twice?i have it only once in the authentication section of the login file. i do have it in others sections too. secondly why is it giving this unknown option error. every time a new user logings the directory is created on the fly.so where is this error coming from. ok this was the first problem. now the second problem is when the root logins. here is what the /var/log/messages have for us Jun 23 06:00:37 niit158VM pam_winbind[1834]: request failed: No such user, PAM error was 10, NT error was NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER Jun 23 06:00:37 niit158VM pam_winbind[1834]: user 'root' granted acces Jun 23 06:00:37 niit158VM PAM-mkhomedir[1834]: unknown option; /etc/skel/ Jun 23 06:00:37 niit158VM -- root[1834]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1 now look at this. first winbind tries it for user root and fails. and in the second line again winbind tries and user root is granted access. there is no user named root in active directory. how is winbind being able to authenticate root? here is my login file #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_securetty.so auth sufficient pam_winbind.so auth required pam_pwdb.so shadow use_first_pass account sufficient pam_winbind.so account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth password sufficient pam_winbind.so password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth session sufficient pam_mkhomedir.so skel= /etc/skel/ umask=0022 session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth Sahibzada Junaid Noor Ph#(+92) (051) 5950 940 Cell#(+92) (0333) 5223586 Qazi plaza,Third Floor,Commerical Market, Chaklala Scheme 3, Rawalpindi Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba