>>> On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:26:05 -0500, clg@csph.psu.edu (Craig L. Gruneberg) said:
>> My original post:
>>
js> I've heard a rumor that Solaris 2.6 is supposed to come with a fully
js> configurable PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) implementation. Is
js> this true?
clg> Besides the vegtable oil in the spray can, what is PAM?
clg> Inquiring dummies want to know?
PAM allows you to change authentication methods without re-compiling
applications all over the system. Once applications have been made
"pam-aware", changing authentication schemes can be done by simply
editing /etc/pam.conf. So if you decide that shadow passwords aren't
good enough and you want to change to kerberos or something, you just
change the config file.
Johnie
==============================================================================
Johnie Stafford, System Administrator * Phone: (318) 261-0660
C & C Technologies, Inc. * Fax: (318) 261-0192
730 East Kaliste Saloom Rd * E-mail: js@cctechnol.com
Lafayette, LA 70508 * URL: http://www.cctechnol.com
==============================================================================
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Fri Sep 28 2001 - 23:11:46 CDT