On 09 Oct 2000 13:41:18 CDT, Dustin Puryear said: > Hi, I am moving between email clients, so I'm going to cut&paste a quote > from xyz: xyz being Steven. Yes, I used placeholders in my emails and often forget to fill them in.. Regards, Dustin > > "Personally, I'd say the "right" way to do this is to use your module in > the > 'session' stack if possible, and in the 'acct' stack if the session > functions > aren't called." - Steve > > Hmm, I have experimented with it being used in the auth stack but then it > logs the login even if the user is not authenticated simply because the > module is called. Is there a way for me to tell if the previous modules > have actually authenticated the user? I read the administrator's, > application developer's, and module writer's HOW-TO documents, but they > didn't [seem] to delve into any of this. > > I suppose by using the acct stack I get past the authentication issue > entirely. However, can I assume that all services will actually use the > acct stack? I know that at a minimum they will be using the auth stack, > and that's why I went that route. It seems to me that the acct stack > presents the same problem as the session stack--not everyone will use it. > > Thanks, Dustin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list >
