<snip> > > Hello all, > > > > I want to write a PAM module that authenticates SSH users without > > using /etc/passwd. For granting a GID I found the “pam_group” > > module. > > > > There is any available PAM module that allows setting a specific UID > > not listed in /etc/passwd? > > There are two seperate tasks here, the first is authentication and the second is user information. With the (very) old password system they used to be the same thing, however they are now (rightly) separate. PAM deals with the authentication part, NSS deals with user information such as UID, etc. What are you trying to acheive? It may be that LDAP will do what you want. Cheers, - Martin _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list