I think, the changes required to confirm to the Solaris PAM policy should not be major. I will work with Joep to resolve them and come up with a patch that can be applied at build time in the SFW consolidation.
... Joep Vesseur wrote: > On 11/24/08 14:08, Mayuresh Nirhali wrote: >> rom what I understood in the discussion so far, dante, the way it is >> implemented today, should not be integrated for atleast to 2 reasons, >> 1. PAM requires UID=0, and in turn gains all the privileges (more >> than necessary for certain operations) >> 2. It does not seem to confirm to the Solaris PAM policy, as rightly >> pointed out by Joep. >> > > I think 1) is "Just The Way It Is". It won't win a beauty contest, but it > won't keep you from integrating either. > I am happy if ARC thinks 1) is NOT a blocker. Please let me know if anyone does not agree with Joep here ? I have sent a mail to dante maintainers informing them about the solaris porting issues. Also, I have found some odd behaviors with dante server implementation. While we wait for some response from the dante maintainers, I will try to get them resolved as well. Thanks for your support Mayuresh > I'm happy to work with you to resolve 2) in a patch to the upstream bits > that can be integrated in the SFW consolidation. > > Joep -- just adding some "chatter" >
