PAM authentication problem

I am having a problem with my Solaris 8 box, which seems related to PAM, but it somewhat peculiar/troubling. I am able to login to the box via telnet without a problem, but when I try to su to root, I get the following:

Mar 19 11:01:40 boromir su: [ID 308033 auth.debug] pam_acct_mgmt: error Get new authentication token
Mar 19 11:01:40 boromir su: [ID 810491 auth.crit] 'su root' failed for root on /dev/pts/2

When I try to su to root with the incorrect password, I get:

Mar 19 11:01:47 boromir su: [ID 427203 auth.debug] pam_authenticate: error Authentication failed
Mar 19 11:01:47 boromir su: [ID 810491 auth.crit] 'su root' failed for fmonkey on /dev/pts/2

Notice that in the first one, I get "su root failed for *root*", but in the second it fails for my username. Perhaps this is a resource problem (i.e., file handles, etc.)? Does anyone have any ideas?

ahp Received on Fri Mar 21 11:20:21 2003