On Mon, Jun 30, rozelak@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hallo Hannes, > > > --- On Mon, 6/23/08, rozelak@xxxxxxxx <rozelak@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > did you just compiled your own pam library to use paths > > > from env variables, or did you also do some hacks which > > > sould be useful? > > > > I primarily patched the latest version to obtain pathnames > > from environment variables. I also directed system logging > > to a file. My aim, however, was to modify the original PAM > > code as little as possible, since I want to reduce the > > possibility of introducing anomalous behaviors due to the > > changes themselves (is that Heisencode? :-). > > > > Great! I absolutely agree with the effort not to affect the ordinary > PAM (the code used when PAM is integrated within system). Were the modifications > accepted into PAM project? Could you send me the code with your modifications? It was not send to the PAM project (at least I never got something). >From what I understand how it works I would also not accept it, since it would create a big security hole. It would be really better to work only with a copy of libpam configured with different paths. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
