On Wed, 22 May 2002, Andrew Morgan wrote: This man pages comes from debian woody package. (faui08) [~] cat /etc/pam.d/xlock #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so shadow nullok and /etc/pam.d/other auth required pam_unix.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so > 1. could you reveal the contents of your /etc/pam.d/xlock file? > 2. where did this man page come from (I'd like to assimilate it into the > main distribution!) > > Cheers > > Andrew > > > > > FYI: > > > > NAME > > unix_chkpwd - check the password of the invoking user > > > > SYNOPSIS > > <not invoked manually> > > > > DESCRIPTION > > A helper binary for the pam_unix module, unix_chkpwd, is > > provided to check the user's password when it is stored in > > a read protected database, such as shadow'd passwords. > > This binary is very simple and will only check the pass > > word of the user invoking it. It is called transparently > > on behalf of the user by the authenticating component of > > the pam_unix module. In this way it is possible for appli > > cations like xlock to work work without being setuid root. > > > > USAGE > > This program is not intended to be called directly by > > users and will log to syslog if it is called imporperly > > (i.e., by some one trying exploit it). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list >
