Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:13:03 -0600 From: "Jaime Bozza" <wheelman@nuc.net> To: "John Polstra" <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PAM and Apache Message-ID: <001801be77de$33134ae0$313d31cc@nuc.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990326150946.jdp@polstra.com>
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> Well, I'm sure you understand the basic problem. The > /etc/master.passwd file is readable only by root, so you have to be <nod> Yep! I was just sort of hoping I could get away with a pre-made module that would do it directly. :) Don't worry, I would rather have the password database tightly secured, so in a way I'm glad it's this difficult. > One possibility for you would be to run a RADIUS server (as root, of > course) on the same machine, and use the pam_radius module to contact > it. Most (if not all) of the RADIUS servers can be configured to > authenticate via the passwd file. That's exactly what I switched over to. I set up a mini RADIUS server that does nothing but authenticate via the password file and only accepts requests from the same system. Everything appears to be working fine now. :) Jaime Bozza Nucleus Communications To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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