From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Apr 12 00:02:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA18083 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:02:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA18075 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id AAA06997 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:02:50 -0700 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA01599 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:57:28 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:57:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some advice needed. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Vincent Poy wrote: > > Right now, login uses /etc/pwd.db for authentication. Some people have > > hacked login to act as a RADIUS client too I believe. But what about > > TACACS? And what about PAM? > > Hmm, what is PAM used for since TACACS is what Cisco uses I think. PAM is something SUN invented and I think it means Pluggable Authentication Modules. It has also been implemented on RedHat Linux so that is probably the best source of detailled info at this time. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com