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Date:      Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:56:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mikko@rsasecurity.com>
To:        joe@joe-lewis.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anyone using Linux-PAM on 5.x?
Message-ID:  <20031004164554.X3248@atlas.home>
In-Reply-To: <3F7F29C5.7030606@relia.net>
References:  <3F7F29C5.7030606@relia.net>

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On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Joe Lewis wrote:

> Question for you guru's;
>
> I've been trying to install a PAM module on my FreeBSD 5.1 system.
> Unfortunately, someone thought they were bright and included OpenPAM,
> which would be fine and dandy except for it is installed by default as
> static.  This means I PAM is now AM, because nothing is pluggable.  And
> the documentation on getting a 3rd party module to work is like slitting
> your wrists and doing pushups in salt water.

Having had some experience writing pam modules on a number of
platforms, I whipped out my suite of pam test modules to have a look
at this incredbible breakage you speak of.  I mean, there is a
specification for pam after all.

Hmmm... odd; the modules all build and work just fine, modulo some
minor tweaks mostly related to gcc 3.x, even though I have never built
them on FreeBSD 5 before.  Definitely no worse than when porting to
certain commercial platforms.

> My request is this... I'd like to know if someone has ported Linux-PAM
> (the same code from the old 4.x BSD) to the new 5.x OS.  If so, do you
> have a copy of the ported code?  If not, where do I post a copy of the
> stuff I am going to have to port so others can use it?

Whatever difficulties you are experiencing, I'd say the reason is not
specifically related to openpam or FreeBSD 5.  Maybe if you post some
details, such as source and error messages, someone will be able to
help you.

  Regards,
  /Mikko

 Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com
 RSA Security



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