On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 15:57, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > Is there any good starting point for PAM. I am wanting to use PAM so I > can have most of my programs authenticating against a MySQL database > which I understand is possible (assuming the program supports PAM, which > the ones I care about do) by using the MySQL module for PAM. However, so > far I have been at a loss to find a clear and concise site that explains > how PAM works. TIA It's blowing my own horn, but: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/227 I wrote several articles on PAM for O'Reilly, and they're available in that archive of my O'Reilly articles. Start with 'Introduction to PAM', about 3/4 of the way down the page. Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer. jenn@anthill.echidna.id.au http://anthill.echidna.id.au/~jenn/
