Greetings! On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:43:47 -0700, Jason Gerfen <jason.gerfen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am looking for assistance using the pam_get_item() function. > According to the pam module writters guide on kernel.org I should use > pam_get_item() as the following: > > extern int pam_get_item( const pam_handle_t *pamh, > int item_type, > const void **item ); > > As you can see in the code below it should retrieve the password entered > during login and store it in the const void **password variable. But > what happens is it completely crashes the display manager. I don't get > it, I have looked at other people's source (pam_krb5afs.c for example) > and they are calling the pam_get_item() function in much the same way > and yet it isn't crashing their display. Am I missing something or over > looking a compile option perhaps? Any help is greatly appreciated. You need to use a conversation function first. Take a look at some of the code you were looking at before and look for where they call theri conversation functions. You need to initiate a 'conversation' with the calling program in order to receive the auth token. You then use pam_set_item to set PAM_AUTHTOK. I hope this made sense. I ran into this same issue before and it was driving me nuts :) Regards, -JD- _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
