pam.d (and its *.d brethren) make management by package software (rpm, apt) MUCH easier. Instead of having to sed -e s/something/someting/ /etc/pam.conf (with all the risks and vpitfalls) the package just drops a new file in the appropriate .d directory and perhaps hups the service. very nice and clean. I would not recommend combining them unless you are ready to fix it again for every update of every package that has a file in pam.d. On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Oliver Schulze L. wrote: > I think /etc/pam.d/ is newer. > What is done now is that many files in the /etc/pam.d/ directory refers to > the file /etc/pam.d/system-auth file > So, changing the system-auth file, does indeed change all the other > "services" > For example, imap and pop3 uses the system-auth file, like many(if not > all) services. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
