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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix pam_unix.c 
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 22:35:29 +0000
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 21:58:25 +0000, Mark Murray wrote:
> > 
> > Why is your program doing user stuff before it has authenticated?
> > 
> > _After_ PAM, the user is free to srandom() ans much as he likes.
> 
> I see no rule in PAM docs that program can't do anything it wants (like 
> initializing some tables f.e.) _before_ PAM.

Yes, and as soon as he needs predictable pseudo-random numbers, he calls
srandom(). No problem.

In my opinion, your program was a god example of how _not_ to do it. :-)

M
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