On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Szemerédy Gábor wrote: > Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:18:20 +0100 > From: Szemerédy Gábor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: pam.d > > Hello! > What is the role of /etc/pam.d directory and which files should it > contain? > Thanks! > Since I didn't see any reply to your email, let me reply with a couple of hints. First of all, the PAM libraries allow you to control authentication via modules that will provide a common API for all applications. That way, applications don't need to be written to read the information from the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files... I believe. I'm no expert in these issues. For more in-depth information, take a look at /usr/doc/pam* -- ------------------------------------------------------ Nitebirdz ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.linuxnovice.org News, tips, articles, links... *** http://www.mozilla.org *** Fight the Microsoft.Net world domination strategy!
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