But I tried removing "login" file from pam.d dir. "telnet" still worked. But it never worked when there's no "remote" file in pam.d. I thought "remote" is the entry PAM module used in case of telnet service. thanks --- Darren Tucker <dtucker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Raj wrote: > > For eg. I don't have any file by name "telnet" > under > > /etc/pam.d dir on my Redhat linux. In such cases, > how > > do I definitely identify an Entry PAM module for a > > given service? > > The mapping from a program to which PAM service name > it uses is done by > the program, so you will need to determine it on a > program-by-program basis. > > In your example, telnet will invoke /bin/login, and > that will use the > "login" PAM service. > > If an application asks for a PAM service for which > there's no specific > configuration then you will get the "other" service, > although there is > no way for an application to know that this has > happened(?). > > -- > Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au) > GPG key 8FF4FA69 / D9A3 86E9 7EEE AF4B B2D4 37C9 > C982 80C7 8FF4 FA69 > Good judgement comes with experience. > Unfortunately, the experience > usually comes from bad judgement. > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
