On Don, 2006-03-23 at 10:33 -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 3/23/06, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dan, > > I agree with Randy about the philosophy of installing Cracklib. I'm > > curious why you would want PAM and not use it. > > Seems I'm alone here, but I don't see them as the same issue. They > both provide security, but completely different aspects. PAM provides > control over authenticating users for programs. Cracklib enforces > password strength. I use PAM. It doesn't need Cracklib to work. If > I was running a system with lots of users who I didn't know, I'd > probably install Cracklib.
Just a "me too" not to let you feel alone here ;) I fully agree. PAM and Cracklib are both useful libraries but their goals are completely orthogonal. Jürg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
