Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:00:08 -0500 From: William Bulley <web@merit.edu> To: Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SQL authentication with login Message-ID: <20011113170007.S26675@web1.merit.edu>
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According to Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com>: > > I've taken a look at /usr/src/usr.bin/login/login.c to try and see if I > can change it and add to it another type of authentication, in my case, > SQL authentication. > > Put simply, I want login to use a SQL table to check validity of users, > in addition to PAM, Kerberos and normal /etc/passwd authentication > types. > > My question is: has anyone done this and if it at possible? I know this > might not be 100% UNIX standard, but let's say in my case, I care less > about standardization. By the way, it can be an optional component and > you don't have to use it at all. I believe there is a PAM-RADIUS capability in FreeBSD. If you are using Oracle, there is a RADIUS capability in Oracle (as of 8i, at least). Seems like tinkertoys to me... :-) Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@merit.edu Merit Network Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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