On Monday 03 March 2003 03:27, Josh Siegel wrote:
That's not right. You're compiling a completly new pam-module called
pam_exim.so. pam_unix.so leaves untouched.
> [...]
>
> >Using the helper-binary approach has some favours:
> >* Works with any PAM-modul, not just pam_unix-type.
> >* Installing and keeping up-to-date is much less work. - What if there
> > is a security issue with pam_unix, I'll have to find and fix it in
> > pam_exim, too and have to install the fixed version.
> >* It's the least intrusive, simplest solution.
> > cu andreas
> >-[...]
>
> At best of all, you mess up the pam_unix.o module and suddenly you
> cannot log into your machine. You mess up your helper binary and
> suddenly, you can't send email...
>
> --josh
>
> http://www.stormbirds.org/authcheck.cxx - my helper binary
>
>
>
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