Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:40:58 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Install new /etc/pam.conf file from /usr/src/etc Message-ID: <XFMail.981121104058.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <86ogq1ymx4.fsf@detlev.UUCP>
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On 21-Nov-98 Joel Ray Holveck wrote: >> For those folks who haven't heard about it, PAM stands for Pluggable >> Authentication Modules. It is a flexible way to configure the kinds >> of authentication (passwd/NIS, S/Key, Kerberos, RADIUS, TACACS+) used >> in your system. Each authentication method is encapsulated in an > [snip] > > This is something I've been wanting for a long while. Do you have a > URL where I can get an API and other such info? There are some documents in "src/contrib/libpam/doc". See also <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/>. > Are we going to move S/Key, Kerberos, etc. out of login, ftpd, etc? Already done for login. The others will come as I find time to convert them. --- 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
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