diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index d0771f84..ea2b82b0 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -9002,7 +9002,7 @@ void show_change_pwd_page(LOGBOOK * lbs)
    if (old_pwd[0] || new_pwd[0]) {
       if (user[0]) {
 
-         if (stristr(auth, "Kerberos") || stristr(auth, "Webserver")) {
+         if (stristr(auth, "Kerberos") || stristr(auth, "Webserver") || stristr(auth, "PAM") ) {
             if (strcmp(new_pwd, new_pwd2) != 0)
                wrong_pwd = 2;
          } else {
@@ -13985,7 +13985,7 @@ void show_config_page(LOGBOOK * lbs)
    getcfg(lbs->name, "Authentication", auth, sizeof(auth));
 
    strencode2(str, user, sizeof(str));
-   if (stristr(auth, "Kerberos") || stristr(auth, "Webserver"))
+   if (stristr(auth, "Kerberos") || stristr(auth, "Webserver") || stristr(auth, "PAM"))
       rsprintf("<td><input type=text size=40 name=new_user_name value=\"%s\" readonly></td></tr>\n", str);
    else
       rsprintf("<td><input type=text size=40 name=new_user_name value=\"%s\"></td></tr>\n", str);
@@ -14319,7 +14319,7 @@ void show_forgot_pwd_page(LOGBOOK * lbs)
       /*---- header ----*/
 
       getcfg(lbs->name, "Authentication", str, sizeof(str));
-      if (stristr(str, "Kerberos")|| stristr(str, "Webserver")) {
+      if (stristr(str, "Kerberos")|| stristr(str, "Webserver") || stristr(str, "PAM")) {
          show_error
              ("This installation of ELOG uses site authentication\nwhere password recovery is not possible");
          return;
@@ -14388,7 +14388,7 @@ void show_new_user_page(LOGBOOK * lbs, char *user)
    rsprintf("<tr><td nowrap>Email:</td>\n");
    rsprintf("<td colspan=2><input type=text size=40 name=new_user_email></tr>\n");
    getcfg(lbs->name, "Authentication", str, sizeof(str));
-   if (!stristr(str, "Kerberos") && !stristr(str, "Webserver")) {
+   if (!stristr(str, "Kerberos") && !stristr(str, "Webserver") && !stristr(str, "PAM")) {
        rsprintf("<tr><td nowrap>%s:</td>\n", loc("Password"));
        rsprintf("<td colspan=2><input type=password size=40 name=newpwd>\n");