From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 21 10:41:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08180 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:41:50 -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 KAA08174 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:41:47 -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 KAA10167; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:41:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA26331; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:40:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <86ogq1ymx4.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 10:40:58 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Joel Ray Holveck Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Install new /etc/pam.conf file from /usr/src/etc Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 . > 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