Re: netstd doesn't use PAM
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> Package: netstd
> Version: 3.07-3
> can't rsh into NIS authenticated accounts until they fix /etc/pwdb.conf.
My experince with PAM is, it is a very bad idea to use pam_pwdb.
It seems it couldn't handle shadow passwords over NIS (glibc can do that),
and it couldn't handle services like NIS+ or ldap, which are available
for the next glibc 2.1 version. I think, instead of using pam_pwdb, we
should use the corresponding pam_unix_* modules.
The pwdb module will also confuse users, they have to configure
/etc/nsswitch.conf, but the passwd and group entry is ignored, they have
to configure that in /etc/pwdb.conf. It was good for libc5, but for
glibc with NSS, pam_pwdb is a bad choice.
Thorsten
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