[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is PAM? --or-- What slackware won't do for you...

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Geoffrion [mailto:ntlug at rain4us.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:11 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Where is PAM? --or-- What slackware won't do
> for you...
> 
> 
> Slackware is not a PAM enabled distro.  That's what I like about it.
> However, Slackware is not a PAM enabled distro....so for 
> those instances
> where a commercial product needs PAM....Slackware users are S.O.L.
> 
> So I went looking for PAM, or Linux-PAM.   Am I correct that 
> the latest
> version of PAM is dated 9.23.2002!  That's over a year old!  
> Did I find the
> latest PAM source when I went to
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/pre/library/ ??
> 

I don't know about the version, but adding PAM to a non-pam distro involves re-compiling an AMAZING amount of stuff - from login to the ftpd.  IMHO it is probably not worth the effort.  If you need PAM, get RH9, Fedora or RHEL3.

--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
(972) 997-9641

The opinions expressed in this message are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, Bank of America.