diff -up openssh-6.1p1/sshd.c.log-usepam-no openssh-6.1p1/sshd.c --- openssh-6.1p1/sshd.c.log-usepam-no 2012-09-14 20:54:58.000000000 +0200 +++ openssh-6.1p1/sshd.c 2012-09-14 20:55:42.289477749 +0200 @@ -1617,6 +1617,10 @@ main(int ac, char **av) parse_server_config(&options, rexeced_flag ? "rexec" : config_file_name, &cfg, NULL); + /* 'UsePAM no' is not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux */ + if (! options.use_pam) + logit("WARNING: 'UsePAM no' is not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and may cause several problems."); + seed_rng(); /* Fill in default values for those options not explicitly set. */ diff -up openssh-6.1p1/sshd_config.log-usepam-no openssh-6.1p1/sshd_config --- openssh-6.1p1/sshd_config.log-usepam-no 2012-09-14 20:54:58.514255748 +0200 +++ openssh-6.1p1/sshd_config 2012-09-14 20:54:58.551255954 +0200 @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes # If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without # PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication # and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'. +# WARNING: 'UsePAM no' is not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and may cause several +# problems. #UsePAM no UsePAM yes