Hi, This could get me part of what I want, but would involve me implementing a new libnss_xxx library, duplicating some of what I already did for my PAM module. Oh well, at least there is the option to plug in something different. Thanks, Chris Nicolas Williams wrote: > > What you're looking for eixts and is called the "name service switch". > > Not all Unices have this though. On Linux this depends on what version > of libc you have. On Solaris it's been there for some time (at least > since 2.5.1). Etc... > > But I bet that you'll find the getpwnam() interface too old and too > inflexible anyways. > > A new API is needed. > > Cheers, > > Nico > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:59:41AM -0700, Chris Jaeger wrote: > > > > Actually, having looked through the header > > again, perhaps only the getpwnam() function could > > be reasonably implemented... > > > > Chris > > > > Chris Jaeger wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone considered writing a PAM > > > module that implements the interface described > > > in /usr/include/pwd.h? That is, a library which > > > exports the pwd.h interface, but whose internals > > > are written using the PAM interface? e.g. this > > > could be considered the pwdb service... > > > > > > Thanks > > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Pam-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
