Kde and Pam related problems[solved]

And here they are, from /var/log/errors:
Jun 28 14:47:58 DreaM kdm: :0[2780]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so)
Jun 28 14:47:58 DreaM kdm: :0[2780]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Jun 28 14:47:58 DreaM kdm: :0[2780]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so
Jun 28 14:47:58 DreaM kde-np(pam_unix)[2780]: unrecognized option [service=system-auth]
Jun 28 14:47:58 DreaM kde-np(pam_unix)[2780]: unrecognized option [service=system-auth]
Any way to disable Pam in Kde?

Thanks a ton for this tip. Finally my logs will not be polluted with junk. I agree with you that the troublesome entries should be commented by default. Just like this:
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_nologin.so
auth required pam_permit.so
account required pam_unix.so #service=system-auth
password required pam_unix.so #service=system-auth
session required pam_unix.so #service=system-auth
session optional pam_console.so
session required pam_limits.so
EDIT:

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Last edited by feet4337 (2011-02-03 23:45:18)

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