On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:01:02PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > NSS and PAM do not overlap. > > I wonder how PAM gets "system" authentication information for pam_pwdb > or pam_unix or how it's called today and on the pertinent system if not > through NSS. Reimplementation of these "passwd/shadow/whatever" > mechanisms?
No, PAM uses the system directory services APIs (e.g. getpwnam(3) and similar). Those in turn use NSS, on NSS systems. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine NTT/Verio SME FreeBSD UNIX Heimdal [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
