hi pavel, > The following line from acinclude.m4 should explain the situation better: > > [...] > dnl MC_MCSERVER_CHECKS > dnl Check how mcserver should check passwords. > dnl Possible methods are PAM, pwdauth and crypt. > dnl The later works with both /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd. > dnl If PAM is found, other methods are not checked. > [...]
oh - i see! although - i never quite understood the ac* things. :-( > I guess for some reason you didn't have PAM installed in the past and now > you have it, configure detects it and mcserv is built with PAM support. well - not quite, i think. it was detected in 2004-10-07-16, methinks (that's why i made those files (log/build) also available at the indicated url). > In any case I think this should be made configurable i.e. the type of > authentication that's to be used by mcserv. this would help me some, although i succeeded doing it manually; other people, less daring, wouldn't choose my way... ;-) many thanks for your reply! regards, christian -- phone +41 61 463 02 25 fax +41 61 463 02 28 gsm +41 79 522 50 09 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please avoid sending me Microsoft Office attachments. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
