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From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:01:02PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > NSS and PAM do not overlap.
> 
> I wonder how PAM gets "system" authentication information for pam_pwdb
> or pam_unix or how it's called today and on the pertinent system if not
> through NSS. Reimplementation of these "passwd/shadow/whatever"
> mechanisms?

No, PAM uses the system directory services APIs (e.g. getpwnam(3) and
similar).  Those in turn use NSS, on NSS systems.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine   NTT/Verio SME      FreeBSD UNIX       Heimdal
nectar@celabo.org jvidrine@verio.net nectar@freebsd.org nectar@kth.se