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

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelledin [mailto:kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:37 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Where is PAM? --or-- What slackware won't
> do foryou...
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 05:29 pm, Cameron, Thomas wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Well, you don't have to recompile everything at once.  In the 
> case of Slackware, anything you don't recompile against PAM will 
> just continue using the passwd/shadow database served up by 
> glibc.  You can install PAM for the one package that needs it, 
> then other packages can be recompiled piecemeal as you feel like 
> it.

Very valid point, should've pointed that out.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
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