It turned out that pam was already installed, just behind the times, even though libpwdb.so.0 wasn't anywhere to be found. I was able to upgrade pam in 2 steps, and then wu-ftp installed. Interesting. Rather than reporting that an earlier version of pam existed, it complained about the library files. For some reason I don't understand, my user account lost its password after pam was upgraded. Root still had its password, so I was able to get into the machine via ssh. I had to reset my username's password. Thanks for the help! bug -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.