If you want help with the tuxmonkey (issue tracker) I cannot promise anything, but if you mail the developer he is generally a nice guy (I work with him) and he might throw you a pointer here and there. With the appropriate modules you would not have to read /etc/shadow as thats what the modules do for you with the assistance of pam.
On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 13:05, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 07:45, R P Herrold wrote: > > On 9 Sep 2002, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 05:57, Chris Mason wrote: > > > > I don't think PHP supports PAM authentication without patches, how would > > > > you access the authentication system? > > > > > > Not to mention that it'd have to run as root to read /etc/shadow. > > > > Extracting a readible subset of /etc/shadow is quite do-able > > by a cron process > > ...which basically negates the benefits of the shadow password file. > LDAP, Kerberos, or (as you note) RADIUS are better options. > > > (similar to the redacted /var/ftp/etc/passwd > > et al., which anon ftp uses in a chrooted daemon setup), and > > then one authenticates potential users there ... > > Whose ftp server does that? I've never seen it. > > > There is working sample code in my 'PHP and the command line' > > presentation at: > > http://www.colug.net/notes/0208mtg/?c=authindex.php > > Nitpick: > <head> > <link REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/favicon.ico"> > <title>The Central Ohio Linux User Group<br> > <b>Warning</b>: Failed opening 'IPgreet.php' for inclusion > (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in > <b>/home/COLUG/pubhtml/template/header.php</b> on line <b>13</b><br> > </title> > > You should fix that. > > > > One could always switch to LDAP or Kerberos for authentication on the > > > system, and access those from PHP (but not necessarily with PAM?). > > > > ummmm --- native radius support exists in PHP, albeit the last > > time I used it, marked experimental > > Is it enabled in Red Hat's build? I don't see it documented here: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Thanks, Steve Red Hat Inc. -------------------------------------------- Steven Taylor RHCE - Technical Engineer GSS (Global Support Services) (RDU) (919) 754-3700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- www.redhat.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
