Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:05:03 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Noah Davidson <Noah@oopz.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PAM Message-ID: <20011229130021.F99302-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <A6A82340FB3DB643A0678E3B10CD5AC10297B7@xela.oopz.com>
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Noah Davidson wrote to freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG: > [...] > users authenticate? Does PAM authenticate the users, or does PAM > use something else to actually authenticate like mysql. Can > [...] The latter; PAM is built around a series of modules (/usr/lib/pam_*.so) that provide authentication services. PAM modules can authenticate against the UNIX password file (pam_unix.so), Kerberos, MySQL (pam_mysql.so.. /usr/ports/security/pam-mysql), etc. Applications that support PAM basically just use the library with a standard set of calls to request authentication. Which PAM module(s) is/are used to authenticate a user is defined, on a per-service basis, in /etc/pam.conf I'm sure this is all documented somewhere... man 5 pam.conf would be a good place to start. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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