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From: fbsd <fbsd@typhoon.co.jp>
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Subject: About pam_unix.so
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Hello!

If I have an application that uses PAM to authenticate, and /etc/pam.conf
is something like:

myapp   auth    required pam_unix.so
myapp   account required pam_unix.so

where "myapp" is the "service name" for PAM.

My question is; must "myapp" be run as root if it wants to successfully
authenticate with pam_uix.so?  I am asking because pam_unix.so uses
getpwent() to get the encrypted password, right?

TIA for any help.

reg.


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