Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:59:27 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <3352707F.2781E494@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.93.970411235605.18192Y-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
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Michael Dillon wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Vincent Poy wrote: > > > > Right now, login uses /etc/pwd.db for authentication. Some people have > > > hacked login to act as a RADIUS client too I believe. But what about > > > TACACS? And what about PAM? > > > > Hmm, what is PAM used for since TACACS is what Cisco uses I think. > > PAM is something SUN invented and I think it means Pluggable > Authentication Modules. It has also been implemented on RedHat Linux > so that is probably the best source of detailled info at this time. > > Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting > Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 > http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com the MIT PAM (as seen in linux) is also available under BSD licence.. there was a talk on it at USENIX in Jan.
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