Question on pam_radius_auth module getting INCORRECT password

[Alan DeKok]

David Li wrote:
> I am new to this. Please let me know if there is a better list to post
> this question. 

  It's an OK list.

> I have been trying to track down a wired problem. When a user is logging
> via ssh, the pam_radius_auth module would try to retrieve the password
> and send it to the radius server. But the password returned by the
> rad_converse() function is INCORRECT. 
> 
> I have done some searching and found suggestions that there might be
> something wrong with "other" module that is doing the password checking. 
> 
> My real question is how I can find out which module is the culprit.

  It should be simple.  Look at the pam ssh file, and see which modules
it's using.  Then, delete them one by one until it works.

  But largely this is a PAM issue.  I know very little about PAM, even
after spending time reading the docs and programming it.

  Alan DeKok.