I am working on a multithreaded server that makes use of PAM to authenticate connecting users. It would appear that pam_pwdb uses static variables for its bigcrypt and md5 routines. This caused problems when multiple threads attempted to run these functions. It would appear that these functions (at a minimum) are not reentrant. Has anyone attempted to use PAM in a multithreaded environment? Are there any opinions on how feasible this is? I am wondering if the one issue I've spotted thus far is just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks, Devin Heitmueller Senior Software Engineer Netilla Networks Inc
