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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:36:05 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PAM on FreeBSD (was Would this make FreeBSD more secure?) 
Message-ID:  <199811190636.IAA48857@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:15:22 EST." <19981118171522.A2654@homer.louisville.edu> 
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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!

Er, too late.

> 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.  At least don't integrate it with the base
> install.  Something like the way we do kerberos would be nice for
> those who would want it and let those like me who have problems with
> it avoid it.

John Polstra has done a pretty good job of cleaning it up. There is a
lot of new code in there, and jdp is not daft.

M
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