Thanks for the useful comments Regards Kajan "Arild Jensen" <aj@pobox.com> wrote in message Pine.LNX.4.21.0108131011350.1359-100000@lithium.synerdyne.com">news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0108131011350.1359-100000@lithium.synerdyne.com... > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Kajan wrote: > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > I am using PAM in one my server(server A). But I want the user in another > > server(Server B) to be authenticated in Server A to use the SMTP > > servive(SMTP-AUTH). Is there anyway to do this. > > can I use pam_unix.so to authenticate from the passwd & shadow file in > > another server. > > > > If anybody has done something like this, pl. advice me. > > Centralized authentication can be done by using LDAP, Kerberos, and > possibly other PAM modules. You could do a setup (with rsync and ssh > possibly) to distribute the password file from one server to others if > you insist on using pam_unix.so. > > -Arild > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
