On gutsy AMD64 deb package the solution above of including common-auth and common-account DOES NOT work for me. Instead I had to replace the pam configuration with:
auth sufficient /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix.so shadow nullok auth required /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok account sufficient /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix.so account required /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_acct.so #%PAM-1.0 @include common-auth @include common-account I got: Jan 15 09:25:18 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM adding faulty module: <*unknown module path*> Jan 15 09:25:18 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-account] Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) no module name supplied Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-password] Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) no module name supplied Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-session] Jan 15 09:25:19 trainer vmware-authd[18472]: PAM (other) no module name supplied Jan 15 09:25:40 trainer vmware-authd[18483]: PAM (other) illegal module type: @include Jan 15 09:25:40 trainer vmware-authd[18483]: PAM pam_parse: expecting return value; [...common-auth] Jan 15 09:25:40 trainer vmware-authd[18483]: PAM (other) no module name supplied Jan 15 09:25:40 trainer vmware-authd[18483]: PAM unable to dlopen(<*unknown module path*>) Jan 15 09:25:40 trainer vmware-authd[18483]: PAM [error: <*unknown module path*>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or dir ectory] -- vmware server will not connect remotely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
