Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:54 AM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > >>> For extra credit, how would one implement it when using LDAP or Kerberos >>> for authentication? >> >> pam > > > sorry, you missed the point. If we're already using LDAP or Kerberos > authentication (which, yes, is a pam module), how do we store previous > passwords when a user changes their password? > > Unless I'm missing your point, and you're telling me to write a pam > module to do this. :)
Yeah, I was in first-response mode, and thinking that a pam module could be written to do many things auth-related, but now I'm kinda thinking I was pretty far offtrack. Pam could play some part, I'm sure, but it doesn't really directly address the stated problem. <Note name="message to self" value="engage mind, then mouth" /> ..nevermind Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
