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Re: posting on pam list.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Sun Nov 24 17:50:12 1996

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 17:41:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <9611221116.ZM26994@camlaw.rutgers.edu>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Tom Ryan wrote:

> I posted a question on Pam List regarding samba and redhat 4.0..
> 
> I was informed that Red Hat comes with pam-aware programs..
> 
> so.. my question is.. did redhat reengineer the system libraries to
> utilize the pam libraries in authentication calls? or are the binaries
> made pam aware by compilation of the pam code into them? 

The programs that use PAM must be changed slightly.

> I constantly update my software to provide for the latest feature sets
> available in them. (I am anxiously awaiting when samba will be able to do
> domain authentication for NT clients :)
> 
> However, this will of course require a compilation of samba, how will i
> at that time be able to work the pam software into it? 

The PAM patch for samba shouldn't be too hard to apply...

-- Elliot

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