On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Mike Kazantsev <mike_kazant...@fraggod.net> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:52 +0100 > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> so, could you please answer mine now: >> why should pam be used in the first place on a usual server/desktop which has >> restricted access anyway? > > I find it useful to control user-based access to different services in > one place, disallow remote access of any kind for local users.
Oh, but as Volker has already said, 90% of the users don't care about that. > Also it allows to use same credentials for pretty much anything - > mounting LUKS-encrypted home dir at login (to any service) or using > pgp keys, for example. LUKS-encrypted home dir!!?? 90% of the user don't know what's that! Wait a minute. 90%. Where have I seen that figure? 90%... 90%.. hmm Windows market share figures!!! See? Volker is right!!! 90% of the users don't care! I'm sorry Volker, don't kill me. I just couldn't resist :) Best regards everyone, Norberto
