Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : libpam-python Version : 0.1.1 Upstream Author : Russell Stuart <russell-pampyt...@stuart.id.au> * URL : http://www.stuart.id.au/russell/files/pam_python * License : Eclipse Public License v1.0 Programming Lang: C, Python, etc.) Description : a PAM Module that runs the Python interpreter to write pam mo$
Perhaps the long package description can be based on this text from the web page: The pam_python PAM module runs the Python source file (aka Python PAM module) it is given in the Python interpreter, making the PAM module API available to it. This document describes the how the PAM Module API is exposed to the Python PAM module. It does not describe how to use the API. You must read the PAM module writers guide to learn how to do that. To re-iterate: this document does not tell you how to write PAM modules, it only tells you how to access that the PAM module API from Python. Writing PAM modules from Python incurs a large performance penalty and requires Python to be installed, so it is not the best option for writing modules that will be used widely. On the other hand memory allocation / corruption problems can not be caused by bad Python code, and a Python module is generally shorter and easier to write than its C equivalent. This makes it ideal for the system administrator who just wants to make use of the the PAM API for his own ends while minimising the risk of introducing memory corruption problems into every program using PAM. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
