Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The other thing they are on about is "3 tries and you are out" password > lockouts. /usr/src/contrib/libpam/modules/pam_tally.c is what they want. > We're trying to 'resurect' it and see if it still works with 4.8. > is there a similar file for the new PAM code?
No, but I'll probably write one soon as it will allow us to claim that FreeBSD fulfills the CAPP requirements for authentication strength. > Are old and new PAM modules in any way compatible? If we wrote one that > ran on 4.x would we be able to continue to run int (even with a > recompile) when we switch to 5.3? Depends on how carefully you write it. The reverse (that a module written for 5.x will work on 4.x with minimal modifications) is more likely to be true. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
