On Wednesday 30 May 2012 09:50:57 Karel Zak wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:48:29PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Friday 25 May 2012 04:53:59 Karel Zak wrote: > > > login > > > > > > - already merged Suse version into original login from utils-linux. > > > > > > The result is PAM-only login(1) with /etc/login.defs support. > > > > requiring pam is a problem. i won't be able to convert over to > > util-linux for utils that are pam-only. > > Why? More details, please :-) > > IMHO is better to use PAM everywhere than duplicate non-PAM code and > assume that the code is correct and well tested. PAM is abstraction, > the final configuration don't have to be complicated.
PAM is a complete waste of space on embedded devices and controlled systems. i'm not saying it isn't useful in many setups (perhaps even the majority), just that it is entirely unnecessary in a not insignificant number of other setups. -mike
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