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Date:      Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:03:12 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: full PAM support for login, rshd, and su
Message-ID:  <20010118130312.A77122@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200101181857.f0IIveW33966@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:56:54AM -0800
References:  <200101181411.LAA86494@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar> <200101181857.f0IIveW33966@cwsys.cwsent.com>

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On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:56:54AM -0800, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> In message <200101181411.LAA86494@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar>, Fernando 
> Schapachn
> ik writes:
> > En un mensaje anterior, Mark Murray escribió:
> > > > Below are patches to add full PAM support to those programs.  I
> > > > haven't tackled adding PAM to the FreeBSD ftpd so far, because I use
> > > > proftpd which already has it.
> > > 
> > > I'd be most grateful if you could add this to our ftpd, if you have the tim
> > e.
> > 
> > >From what I saw in some recent hacking of ftpd in already has some
> > kind of PAM support, although I can't tell you how much. For instance
> > it supports "template" users, which is very good.
> > 
> > Anyway, it appears that the current ftpd is going to be replaced by
> > the NetBSD ftpd in a few days.
> 
> Why?  What does the NetBSD ftpd do that our ftpd doesn't?

The short answer is: "quite a bit". Unfortunately the reverse is also
currently true.

Kris

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