* Ruud de Rooij ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990924 08:40]: > Michael Neuffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Raul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990923 16:15]: > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 07:32:50AM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > > > > Couldn't sash include a PAM module that would change the password to > > > > match root's password whenever it was changed? Or am I oversimplifying > > > > things? > > > > > > I don't have enough confidence in Debian's pam, yet, to insist that > > > everyone that wants to use sash must implement pam support before > > > using sash. > > > > Depending on PAM would be a fatal mistake. > > sash is for situations when your system is FUBARed, > > therefore you can not assume that you will still have > > a working PAM subsystem either. > > > > It must be completely standalone without needing any external > > libraries. > > This is _not_ about the sash executable itself using PAM. It was a > proposal to use the PAM functionality to ensure that the root and > sashroot passwords remain in sync, i.e., whenever root's password is > changed, change the sashroot password as well.
Ooops..... I understood it differently. I take my argument back. Mike
