From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 11 13:46:53 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22559 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:46:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22544 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:46:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA08967 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:46:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA56379; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:46:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:46:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199902112146.NAA56379@vashon.polstra.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAM and SQL? In-Reply-To: Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article , Gus R Bourg wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trying to find a way to get the system to authenticate using an > SQL database. My first idea was to modify NIS to use an SQL serfer for > authentication, but then it was brought to my attention that this had > already been talked about using PAM. > > Does anyone know if PAM provides full authentication services? E.g. will > programs like radiusd still function w/o modification? Do you guys think > that PAM would be a good starting point? :) I'd love to hear new ideas on > this. Yes, PAM should be a good solution for this. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message