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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.
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  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

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