That works nicely. One thing: This assumes that all passwords are handled through the NIS server. What if a system, in addition to allowing NIS users, also had a few local accounts. Is there a way for pam to distinguish between the two, and not use nis to change the password for a local account? >On Thu, 08 Feb 2001, Rick Goyette wrote: > >> So you use pam_unix instead of pam_pwdb? Is there any practical >> difference in behavior between the two? > >pam_unix's NIS support is one, full shadow support is another. >You don't need any extra libraries for it (unlike pwdb), just (g)libc. >And I (re)wrote it/made it work as it's now ;) > >Jan >-- >Jan Reœkorajski | ALL SUSPECTS ARE GUILTY. PERIOD! >baggins<at>mimuw.edu.pl | OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T BE SUSPECTS, WOULD THEY? >BOFH, MANIAC | -- TROOPS by Kevin Rubio > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Pam-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list -- R. J. Goyette Argonne National Laboratory rjgoyette@anl.gov (630) 252-4328 http://www.pns.anl.gov
