Bug#293349: ITP: libpam-smb -- Pluggable Authentication Module authenticating from NT server

[José Luis Tallón <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>]

Martin Orr wrote:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Martin Orr <martin@martinorr.name>
>
>  Package name    : libpam-smb
>  Version         : 1.9.9+2.0.0-rc6
>  Upstream Author : Dave Airlie <airlied@samba.org>
>  URL             : http://www.csn.ul.ie/~airlied/pam_smb/
>  License         : GPL
>  Description     : Pluggable Authentication Module authenticating from NT server
>
> This is a PAM module, which can verify user passwords from Windows NT
> servers.  It differs from winbind in that it does not require you to have
> administrative access to the NT domain in order to join it, and in that
> it does not contain an NSS module to obtain user account information from
> NT - only passwords.
>
> This package is present in woody (version 1.1.6) but was removed in 2003
> following maintainer inactivity, and because Steve Langasek asserted that it
> was obsolete.  Certainly winbind is to be preferred in most circumstances
> but I at least find this package useful because I am unable to get
> administrative access to the relevant NT domain.
>
>  
Hi, Martin.

   I had already packaged this same code as 'libpam-smbauth', since i 
need it for my own use. Please consider the name change to reduce 
end-user confussion with 'libpam-smbpass'.
If you need some help (or an sponsor!) just tell me, to see what can i do.



Best,
   J.L.