On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 15:17 +0200, Diego "Flameeyes" Pettenà wrote: > Seems like pam_console modules is broken. I'm not able to make it compile > both > as a standalone ebuild i'm trying to write and as the complete pam with > +pam_console flag. > > Anyway I was wondering what pam_console is used for, at the end. It's a way > to > set up permissions when someone logins at a console. I would never use > something like that on a remote server, as anyone which could have a local > login can do anything It also doesn't make sense on a recent user system > configured properly, as devfs/udev would take care of permissions, and users > needs only to set the group correctly (simpler than using pam_console > anyway). > > Seems to me like a workaround for old old (too old!) systems, which is no > more > needed at least for us. > > I know this is there also for compatibility, but this makes sys-libs/pam > ebuild very bloated as for now, and still I don't know a reason to have it > there. > > Some comments about it?
/care We anyhow move to not using it by default in 0.78 - axe it while we still can. -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa
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