Re: [gtk-list] PAM?

[Toshio Kuratomi <badger prtr-13 ucsc edu>]

On Tue, 12 May, 1998 at 03:10:08PM -0700, KC5TJA set free these words:
> OK, I've seen this word floating about, and I doubt you use it as a butter
> substitute while cooking SPAM.  What exactly is PAM?
> 
Pluggable Authentication Modules -- Basically separates authentication schemes
from application code so that a system administrator can define new ways of
authenticating who a user is without recoding all the applications that need
to perform authentication.

There's documentation on the linux port (with pointer's to more general
information) at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/index.html

Information from redhat software:
http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pam/

-Toshio
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