On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:52 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> so, could you please answer mine now: > why should pam be used in the first place on a usual server/desktop which has > restricted access anyway? I find it useful to control user-based access to different services in one place, disallow remote access of any kind for local users. Also it allows to use same credentials for pretty much anything - mounting LUKS-encrypted home dir at login (to any service) or using pgp keys, for example. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net
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