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Date:      Sun, 14 Jul 1996 17:31:43 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: "login classes"
Message-ID:  <199607150031.RAA07346@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199607140659.XAA02107@kithrup.com> from "Sean Eric Fagan" at Jul 13, 96 11:59:36 pm

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> There are three sides to the login classes -- the library functions,
> modified utilities, and some new utilities to provide authentication.  I
> don't know that I can do the login et al modifications, and I *know* I don't
> know about about kerberos and S/Key to write that.

Have you looked at the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) RFC?

Also, you may want to contact authentication third party vendors
as used by BSDI, to duplicate that interface.

It looks like there are several existing standards to consider
in this area...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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