Re: Password method and PAM : difference between 3.6.1 and 3.8.1

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 05/28/04


Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:42:02 +0000 (UTC)

In article <4f5f0a14.0405271615.509ed851@posting.google.com>,
Muni <mtripath@brocade.com> wrote:
>Has anyone tried using password method in 3.8.1p1 with PAM support. I
>am upgrading from 3.6.1 to 3.8.1p1 and noticed that password method
>(auth_password) does not call PAM. Not sure, if it can be fixed with a
>configuration option or it requires writing new PAM functions and
>adding those calls to password method. I can write new functions, but
>don't want to do something complicated, which can be done in a simpler
>way. If there is a known PAM integration path between 3.6.1 and 3.8.1,
>I would rather follow it.

There's an open enhancement request to add that with an attached patch,
please try it and report success/failure:
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=874

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