whoops! spoke too soon. I'm actually using vmware server 2 beta. The above worked well enough to get to the login screen but not to authenticate, probably because it included common but not enough other modules. Here is the pam config which works for me.
auth sufficient pam_unix.so shadow nullok auth required pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok account sufficient pam_unix.so account required pam_unix_acct.so #%PAM-1.0 @include common-auth @include common-account -- vmware server will not connect remotely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
