in openpam_load_module(): no pam_unix.so found

[Mike Bristow]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:18:50PM -0400, Victor Star wrote:
> My problem is that few days ago PAM somehow got corrupted or something. Basically I can't login neither through ssh or console. The error is:
> 
> ====- 8< -===================================================
> su: in openpam_load_module(): no pam_unix.so found
> su: pam_start: system error
> ====- 8< -===================================================
> 
> pam_unix.so is in /usr/lib:
> ====- 8< -===================================================
> # ls -l /usr/lib/pam_unix*
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     13 Sep 25  2006 /usr/lib/pam_unix.so -> pam_unix.so.3
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  10240 Feb 19  2007 /usr/lib/pam_unix.so.3
> # file /usr/lib/pam_unix.so
> /usr/lib/pam_unix.so: symbolic link to `pam_unix.so.3'
> ====- 8< -===================================================

What is the output of ldd /usr/lib/pam_unix.so ? 

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