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

[Martin Orr <martin@martinorr.name>]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:23:46AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 05:01:23PM +0000, Martin Orr wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Yes, I still stand by this assessment.  The libpam-smb module offers no
> cryptographic trust, and deploying this authentication method instead of
> getting approval for a domain join from the admin risks compromising
> domain security policies without the admin's approval or awareness.
> 
> It's also inherently unreliable.
> 
> I don't think this code should be reintroduced to Debian.

I'm not particularly bothered about whether it goes into Debian or not: I
just put the package together because I need it myself, and I thought I may
as well make it available to others.

-- 
Martin Orr
Linux Administrator,
Methodist College Belfast