Hi Ken, On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 03:45:51PM -0700, Ken Partridge wrote: > I have an application that is calling the pam functions (i.e. pam_start, > pam_authenticate, etc.) > When i have it compiled without the -lpthread tag, life is good > everything works. > If all i do is add the -lpthread (NOT calling any pam functions from a > thread) the app hangs when the conversation callback returns. > Even though for this simple application i am not calling any pam > functions from inside a thread, is this normal behavior and should I > move on or is there a work around? What version of PAM are you using? Recent builds of Linux-PAM include implementations of routines like getpwnam() which attempt to enforce thread safety by using pthread mutexes. I'm not sure how this would be related, but I don't see anything else that would be. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.debian.org/
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