Now it is even more interesting. I wrote a sample module and I printed out the PAM_SERVICE item for FTP connection and it was "ftp" and not "ftpd" So what is it a typo in the Administration Guide? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Breslav" <boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7.59 PM Subject: Pam configuration files > Hi all, > can someone please shed some lite on this one. > According to the Pam Administration Guide: > > service-name > > The name of the service associated with this entry. Frequently the service > name is the conventional name of the given application. For example, `ftpd', > `rlogind' and `su', etc. . > > Then: > > More flexible than the single configuration file, as of version 0.56, it is > possible to configure libpam via the contents of the /etc/pam.d/ directory. > In this case the directory is filled with files each of which has a filename > equal to a service-name (in lower-case): it is the personal configuration > file for the named service. > > Now, in my distributaion the FTP configuration file is /etc/pam.d/ftp and > not ftpd as mentioned above. > > So the question is how does PAM know which file to use? I'm also thinking > about writing my own PAM-enabled application. How do I make sure that the > right configuration file will be picked up? > > Thanks in advance > > Boris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
