What does this (error) message mean?

[Tod Merley]

On Dec 1, 2007 10:25 PM,  <clemens at dwf.com> wrote:
> What does this error message mean?
>
>     crond[13121]: pam_loginuid(crond:session): set_loginuid failed opening
> loginuid: 1 Time(s)
>
> Who is issueing it?
> Should I be worried about this?
> Does it (just) mean something is missing (what?)?
> I seem to see it about 40times in a given Logwatch output?
>
> Any and all thoughts appreciated.
> This is Fedora6 with a 2.6.23.1 kernel.
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>                                         Reg.Clemens
>                                         reg at dwf.com
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Hi Reg.Clemens!

Google is our friend!

A search on "pam_loginuid(crond:session):" showed some interesting
things.  Checking out some documentation on the Pluggable
Authentication Modules (PAM) was also quite educational.

Good Hunting!

Tod