Quoting Les Mikesell <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Kenneth Geisshirt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As far as I can see, the Apache PAM Auth module does not have a > > maintainer. I have a plan to take over as maintainer. Before doing so, I > > would like to ask the Linux PAM list if any of you see yourself as > > maintainer (I don't want to do a hostile take over). > > I'm not a maintainer, but I'm happy to see someone taking this. > > > The reason for my interest is that I (and a group of friends) have a > > subversion repositories with HTTP access. It seems like a good idea to > > use PAM as part of the .htaccess file. > > Yes, it is very handy to be able to have web logins work the same as the > rest of the system authentication, especially if you have 2 or more > mechanisms, like local passwords and a windows domain. And if you use > account required pam_permit.so > for httpd, you can access web services whether you have a local account > or not as long as the authentication passes. I've always been surprised > that it wasn't set up by default on systems that are otherwise PAM oriented. I don't know how feasible it is, but if it is possible could a service name be considered as a directive option so you could have multiple pam configurations for different/multiple uses of the module? _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
