From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 18 16:07:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA06469 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06401 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:07:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA16765; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:06:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:06:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Keith Stevenson cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAM on FreeBSD (was Would this make FreeBSD more secure?) In-Reply-To: <19981118171522.A2654@homer.louisville.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Keith Stevenson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 12:09:14AM +0300, Vadim Kolontsov wrote: > > > > I wonder how many people would like to see PAM support in FreeBSD?.. > > ABSOLUTELY NOT! > > I suffered through PAM on a RedHat Linux box. The combination of flaky > Linuxisms, PAM, and the SYSV-style init drove me to FreeBSD. I've been very > VERY happy ever since. Please don't visit that nightmare on us here. Too late. It is already being comitted into current. Please, also take a moment to reflect on the distinction between a bad idea and a bad implementation. I haven't looked at what has been brought in yet, but judging from comments of the person doing the work, I have confidence that it won't be junk. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message