> I don't generally use PAM, so I don't mind any changes to it. I'm > curious though. What do others get from PAM? I don't see any > advantages over plain shadow for a direct terminal or ssh login unless > you have a lot of different users trying to login and you are trying to > control that via ldap. > > For me where there are only a very few users, e.g. 3 on a server, PAM > just gets in the way. > > I feel the same way about tcpwrappers and xinetd. > > -- Bruce
I only install it due to some required dependency, gnome-screensaver I think. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't install it myself either. Wayne. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
