On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> so nothing 90% of all users ever use or need. In a Linux only enrironmet? Yeah, perhaps. But what if you Linux box runs in a Windows domain? What if your users are stored in AD? > if you don't use any of that 'stackable' stuff or other features and you > remove pam, you don't have to worry about pam securtiy problems. When was the last time you've seen a SA about PAM? One of its plugins? I'm not saying PAM is absolutely secure, but removing it will not make your box more secure nor easier to configure. On the other hand, learning PAM has its benefits. Bye
