On Sun, Dec 05, Henk te Sligte wrote: > I figured from the examples, xsh.c would spawn a shell with the new > logged in user, because it got the credentials from PAM. Why else is > there the system() call in xsh.c (From the examples, in the release > build)? Yes, xsh spawns a new shell, but not with the new logged in user. xsh is not su or a su replacement. xsh does not login at all, it does _user authentication_. That's all. 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
