Re: PAM and slink (was Re: packaging PAM modules? anyone?)
Norbert Veber <nveber@vtech.ddns.org> writes:
> What sorts of things can pam do? I only know that for example a long
> program that uses PAM works regardless of weather the password file is
> shadowed or not, but can it do more advanced authentication, ie. could it be
> used to replace radius?
PAM, as I understand it, provides the hooks that enable you to plug in
different authentication/authorization (NIS, NIS+, shadow, passwd,
kerberos, radius, etc). That way, you have a pam'ified /bin/login,
rather than having a kerbified login, a shadow login, etc etc.
It's used by RedHat and Solaris.
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