Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:32:22 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich@Sarnoff.COM>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAM? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980311162943.18866K-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <199803111909.LAA23996@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > i need an authentication mechanism that requires no root access by the > > programs, and that will not deadlock. any candidates? > > NIS? Kerberos! :) Sorry, personal bias here. Still wondering about a long term authentication solution. A few weeks ago I posted about possibly starting an alternative authentication system mailing list on the -hackets list, and it was received well (I received a number of responses indicating people would join if created). Once I have my IETF drafts in for the week (deadline Friday) maybe I will put together a possible charter for such a mailing list. Certainly, FreeBSD should be looking at the POSIX ACLs and capabilities. I'm not sure I'd use them myself (they seem a little too single-system-centric to me) but having support in the OS can go a long way. I understand that Linux has them implemented at this point. Robert N Watson Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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