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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:14:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>
To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>
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Subject: Re: Anybody cobbled together a getpwent() that uses libradius?
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Jaye Mathisen wrote:

> While whatever happens with PAM and LDAP, and all those great things, I
> would like to validate passwords via Radius...
> 
> It would be most convenient if it was just in getpwent()...

This is the wrong place to put it - see the pam_radius module. Bloating
libc with promiscuous knowledge of authentication services helps no-one.

Kris



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