On Nov 29, 2007 2:22 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.

<http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/redhatserver.htm> has a
section on using PAM to deal with password re-use.  The implication is
that the modules are already there, but not particularly well
publicised.

    carl

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