pam_authenticate error 7

[Michael Sweet]

Jim Avera wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to enable CUPS web admin access using the regular /etc/passed file (not /etc/cups/passwd.md5).  However, no matter what I enter into the login dialog access is denied and error_log says
> 
>   E [...] IsAuthorized: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
> 
> I've tried both root and non-root user names.
> Incidentally, I can "telnet localhost" and successfully log in as an non-root user, but root telnet logins are not allowed.
> 
> If I set 'AuthType None' I can connect to the admin server successfully.
> 
> My browser is Firefox 1.0.
> 
> CONFIGURATION:
> SuSE 9.1 linux stock installation.
> rpm -q cups says "cups-1.1.20-108.13"
> 
> /etc/cups/cupsd.conf contains (excluding blank & comment lines):
> LogLevel info
> Printcap /etc/cups/printcap
> User lp
> Group lp
> RunAsUser Yes

You can't use "RunAsUser Yes" with PAM...

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