On 10/30/2011 12:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Wayne Blaszczyk wrote: >> On 30/10/11 09:43, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: >>> On Oct 29, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Wayne Blaszczyk wrote: >>> >>>> The Linux-PAM build fails for me, most likely due to the Bekkeley DB >>>> upgrade to 5.2.26. >>>> I get the following error: >>>> >>>> .libs/pam_userdb.o: In function `user_lookup': >>>> /sources/Linux-PAM-1.1.3/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.c:159: undefined >>>> reference to `__db_ndbm_open' >>> Try building db with --enable-dbm. >> Thanks, that worked. As mentioned by DJ in the previous post, I think >> this should be included in the standard build. > 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 Were you wanting to remove it from the book?
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