Steve- I considered ODBC (briefly) while writing this. I don't have any good reasons for not using it, other than an utter unfamiliarity with ODBC. Now that I've got some working code, I'll take a look at ODBC. Can you recommend which API(s) I should look at? -mike On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > Have you considered using one of the Unix ODBC APIs for this module? A > module > called pam_sql ought (IMHO) to be able to interface with any SQL database > without having to recompile, and ODBC is the most effective way to > achieve > this goal. > > Regards, > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer > > > I've just finished work on my pam_sql module. You can find > > the tarball at: > > > http://devel.duluoz.net/pam_sql-0.7.0.tar.gz > > > or browse the code online at: > > > http://devel.duluoz.net/pam_sql/ > > > Currently, there's only code to connect to a PostgreSQL database, > > but I've designed the code to simplify adding new databases. The > > module supports authentication and account management (expiration) > > interfaces. I'm using the module to check web cookies, hence I > > didn't need password encryption, hence there is none. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > -- GnuPG key available at http://devel.duluoz.net/pubkey.asc Key ID = 1024D/9A256AE5 1999-11-13 Mike Glover <mpg4@duluoz.net> Key fingerprint = EF6E 8BCB 4810 E98C F0FD 4596 367A 32B7 9A25 6AE5
