Your user should got authenticated when he connected to the host (got a login/session). So, you could try to use an environement variable like $USERNAME if you trust your login application, which uses pam, to have really authenticated the user. John Breen a écrit : > I'm developing a GTK application and need to authorise the user at > application startup. I have a GTK window that gets both username and > password. All the code i've seen with linux-pam has pam deal with > asking for the password, so how can I provide the password to PAM and > have it authenticate the user given all the information at once rather > than ask for anything? > > Regards, > > John Breen > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list