David Ritchey wrote: > I can understand System, since it appears to check /etc/passwd/shadow > and probably needs the perms, but I thought PAM helped to get around > that limitation.
How can it? PAM is a library that is linked in to your process, and therefore runs with the same privileges as the process does. -- Regards, Daryl Tester, Software Wrangler and Bit Herder, IOCANE Pty. Ltd. SCO Rep: "Linux must die! We shall prevail!" Offsider: "Bill, they can see your shirt sleeve." -- http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030609 - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
