> recently i tried to install pptpd and ppp-2.3.11 on a Slackware. the make > command reported PAM-related errors. I checked the PAM site and found that > Slackware was not in the list of PAM Linuxes. There is probably an option to disable pam based authentication... I don't believe slackware comes with pam by default, but there's no reason why you can't install it yourself. > anyway is it possible to install PAM or it is a more complicated matter? There's a large amount of documentation on pam, so it shouldn't be too hard to setup. - Adam Slattery