Re: Activate Linux PAM

From: Sensei (noone_at_nowhere.org)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:18:23 +0100

wolf_guru wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a linux box that is not running PAM. It is a minimised
> distribution of RedHat 8.0. I want to set this to start using PAM. How
> can I tell Linux to look into PAM configuration files (/etc/pam.d ?!)
> Best Regards
>

Install PAM from RH rpms. You should not find problems, since RH uses
pam for authentication.

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