login.krb5 not accepting root password

[Someone]

Wyllys Ingersoll wrote:

>>
>>
>>>> So what should I do so I can login with my local root account again
>>>> using login.krb5 ??
>>>>
>>> Either don't use MD5 passwords (which is usually some sort of
>>> configuration option on your system, but isn't recommended) or don't use
>>> login.krb5 on Linux as /bin/login.
>>>
>>> On Linux, a Kerberos PAM module is usually a better idea.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I need to use login.krb5 abosulutely, else how can I authenticate my 
>> users with kerberos and let them login ??
>>
>> Regards
>>
> Mr. Someone  :)
> 
> As the previous response suggested - use standard /bin/login program but 
> configure
> PAM so that pam_krb5 is the default authentication module for login.
> If you are unfamiliar with PAM, try 'man pam' (on Linux or Solaris).
> This will provide you with alot more flexibility and still meet your 
> requirement
> to have users authenticate with Kerberos. 
> -wyllys
> 
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Linux Slackware (latest version) doesn't have any PAM, what a pitty. Is 
it possible to integrate it myself ??? Any howtos about that somewhere?

Regards