--- a/open-vm-tools/scripts/linux/pam.d/vmtoolsd
+++ b/open-vm-tools/scripts/linux/pam.d/vmtoolsd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#%PAM-1.0
-auth       required         pam_shells.so
-auth       sufficient       pam_unix.so shadow
-auth       required         pam_unix_auth.so shadow
-account    required         pam_shells.so
-account    sufficient       pam_unix.so
-account    required         pam_unix_acct.so
+# PAM configuration for vmtoolsd
+
+@include common-auth
+
+account     required    pam_shells.so
+@include common-account
+
