> As I said before, this is a PAM issue. Install the package > 'libpam-runtime' > > -- Thomas Adam My problem persists after "dpkg -i libpam-runtime_0.76-22_all.deb". This deb (unstable) version should be the same as that was installed in my another running hardware as I ftped it from its /var/cache/apt/archives/ . Have I missed anything? Regards. CN