--2EnvhqpWJq810sZn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 05:34:48PM -0300, Sergio Luiz Carmelo Barroso - pos= doc wrote: > In the old times (before PAM), when using NIS one was able to change the > SHELL (that is, use a SHELL different from the one specified in the passwd > database of the NIS server) used in one specific NIS client machine by > adding a line to the passwd file of this NIS client machine like this: > +::::::/bin/newshell > By doing this all users of this specific NIS client machine would use the= =20 > "/bin/newshell" SHELL instead of the one specified in the NIS server. > After PAM, the line starting with "+" in the passwd file doesn't work=20 > anymore (the NIS database is searched by the PAM library, if I undesrtood= =20 > it correctly). How can I change the SHELL using PAM? PAM has no connection to how your system determines a user's shell.=20 What you actually want is 'passwd: compat' added to /etc/nsswitch.conf. Regards, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer --2EnvhqpWJq810sZn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9QGOcKN6ufymYLloRAq5ZAJwLHQTsvSlY5U8JP0JKRwJ8mQtugACgraHN djfIQGFm0Losltf6IH8ESm0= =OoJT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2EnvhqpWJq810sZn--
