Lots of reading and fiddling led me to this workaround: export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libpam.so.0.79 /etc/init.d/courier-authdaemon restart
I still don't know what's up with the pam libs, but at least users can now access their e-mail. -- Broken libpam-mysql in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/96091 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs