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Description of problem:
When you use authconfig to enable kerberos authentication, it 
automatically adds the entries in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. 
Unfortunately, the stack is ordered incorrectly.  The system currently
uses something like:
auth     sufficent  pam_unix.so   nullok likeauth
auth     sufficent  pam_krb5.so   use_first_pass

Unfortunately, this setup will completely lock one out of ALL
authentication that passes through the system-auth pam stack if
kerberos is unavailible.  Granted, this may have a security purpose
behind it, but at the very least you should be able to use one local
account to recover the machine if say....the NIC goes down....or
you're on a laptop and only auth to kerberos while in the office.  I
have changed my /etc/pam.d/system-auth file to look as follows:

auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so
auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so null_ok
auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so try_first_pass
auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so

This allows kerberos or local logins when on the network and allows
for local logins when the network is unavailible.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pam-0.77-15

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Enable pam authentication
2.  Disconnect Network
3.  Try logging in as local user
    

Actual Results:  It fails with the current pam stack ordering and options

Expected Results:  I would have expected for pam_unix to kick out an
'authenticated' even though its before pam_krb5.  This is not the
case.  Instead if pam_krb5 fails (regardless of what pam_unix should
be returning).

Additional info:

I know from past experience that the pam_krb5 is VERY picky.  Confirm
my ordering of the pam stack and implement it.  It took me a while to
figure it out on the rest of my systems.  I simply copied and pasted
it from my debian server and it magically works.