diff --git a/etc/pam.d/ftpd b/etc/pam.d/ftpd
index 3eb32f1d5c4b..2ab916f5e2e0 100644
--- a/etc/pam.d/ftpd
+++ b/etc/pam.d/ftpd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ auth		required	pam_nologin.so	no_warn
 #auth		sufficient	pam_kerberosIV.so	no_warn
 #auth		sufficient	pam_krb5.so	no_warn
 #auth           sufficient      pam_ssh.so      no_warn try_first_pass
-auth		required	pam_opie.so	no_warn
+auth [default=ignore success=done cred_err=die]	pam_opie.so	no_warn
 auth		required	pam_unix.so	no_warn	try_first_pass
 
 # account