On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 11:03:51PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > I assume the code below should work ? > > > debconf-show passwd 2>/dev/null |grep -q 'root-login: false' > > > > Of course, that will tell you what you need only when the rootless > > > > system has been installed by choosing the appropriate option in D-I. > > > Is it possible to get this information from PAM instead? > > Nope, PAM will only tell you whether an authentication attempt succeeds; > > everything else is deliberately black box. > Even by reading files in /etc/pam.d/ ? Those files are no different between a sudo-only system and a system with a root password. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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