Hello I am also facing this problem.. Could any1 help me in solving this probem /etc/pam.d/passwd has the following entry init... #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth Also could any one of you know where to get the kernel-headers-2.2+ version RPM for MIPS (big endian) Thanks Chandra