On Thursday 31 May 2012 04:12:17 Ludwig Nussel wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Wednesday 30 May 2012 09:50:57 Karel Zak wrote: > >> [...] > >> 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. > > You could still use the PAM API and only implement the features > necessary for shadow support. Ie PAM without pluggable modules :-) That > way ugly ifdefs and code duplication could be avoided.
in other words, Gentoo has no choice but to stick to shadow's implementations for the foreseeable future. oh well. -mike
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