Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:56:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Static vs. dynamic linking (was Re: Using MD5 insted of DES ...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980422145522.523E-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <4421.893270994@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > What about the root password prompt in /sbin/init ? > > That is the only really troublesome case... I was proposing that a small library that knows how to speak to /dev/.authd be used instead of a PAM like scheme. If authd wasn't running it would just use the regular /etc/passwd routines. (We really wouldn't need a different library, just some knobs in libc). /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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