> Julian
> um i cant seem to find that file in b5 tarball, i guess your talking about
> the pam README in the pam libs.
>
> nnconf.cf.in:string pamModuleName "nntpcache"
> nntpcache.config:pamModuleName nntpcache
>
> /etc/pam.d/nntpcache:auth required pam_unix.so
>
> I am using shadow passwords so i expect this wont work however id expect
> it would at least give me back an error and not let me LIST?
>
> Stephen
Someone neglected to list it Makefile.am hense it wasn't included.
here it is:
[README.pam]
Redhat users will need something similar to:
nntpcache auth required pam_unix_auth.so
nntpcache account required pam_unix_acct.so
in their /etc/pam.conf file.
Debian users require something similar to
auth required pam_unix.so
account required pam_unix.so
password required pam_unix.so
session required pam_unix.so
in their /etc/pam.d/nntpcache file (or whatever you've set it to in the nntpcache config file). Since the Debian PAM authentication modules require the requesting application to be root/in group shadow, you have three choices:
* tell nntpcache to run as root ("user root" in nntpcache.config),
* use the suid pipe authenticator. i.e
auth=user/passwd;pipe
with default pipe authenticator, "unixauth". See "pipeProgram" in
nntpcache.config, for more details.
* not use shadowing, and build your own PAM authentication modules
PCT. 28/5/00
