Re: Shadow vss PAM

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

Patrick Weemeeuw writes:
> I would propose to go for shadow for 1.2.
> In the mean time, I will try to make a few applications PAM-aware,
> to wet my feet and to gain some insight about how simple or complex
> things are. After all, it's not a  black or white thing, but we can
> PAMify application by application.

Good decision. If I understand you correctly, we can set PAM to
authenticate via shadow password only and deploy it in a piece-wise
fashion. Then, once we have it deployed fully, we can start to introduce
additional methods of validation.

	Thanks

	Bruce