Re: sash

[Michael Neuffer <neuffer@alpha.mz.rhein-main.de>]

* Raul Miller (moth@debian.org) [990923 16:15]:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 07:32:50AM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote:
> > Couldn't sash include a PAM module that would change the password to
> > match root's password whenever it was changed? Or am I oversimplifying
> > things?
> 
> I don't have enough confidence in Debian's pam, yet, to insist that
> everyone that wants to use sash must implement pam support before
> using sash.


Depending on PAM  would be a fatal mistake.
sash is for situations when your system is FUBARed,
therefore you can not assume that you will still have
a working PAM subsystem either.

It must be completely standalone without needing any external
libraries.

Mike