From owner-cvs-all Tue Nov 10 23:46:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16697 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16619; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:46:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/Spinner) with ESMTP id PAA09429; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:45:01 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199811110745.PAA09429@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Polstra cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/login Makefile login.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:16:02 PST." <199811110216.SAA02084@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:45:00 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk John Polstra wrote: > Modified files: > usr.bin/login Makefile login.c > Log: > Remove support for LOGIN_CAP_AUTH. It was never enabled, it was > not complete, and it hasn't been touched for 18 months. All the > ifdefs obfuscate the code. I discussed the LOGIN_CAP_AUTH support > with its author and he agreed that it is a dead end. I am bringing > PAM into the tree within the next two weeks. It is much more > flexible than LOGIN_CAP_AUTH, and will serve as a superior replacement > for it. I think BSDI threatened to give us their code for the implementation of this in order to try and help create a pseudo-standard for their interface, didn't they? I don't recall the specifics, I think they wanted to release BSD/OS 3.0 or 4.0 first though. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message