It's only men't to be a replacement for the /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow support that is alredy suported by cvs.
The security level is the same as with /etc/passwd
the patch is usefull if one want to support password through pam
amd ldap and is in a private network.
> > Patch to support pam password
> > not so nice done but it's the same way netatalk and samba do it
>
> This is a bad idea.
>
> Security (including all authentication *and* any connection
> authorisation) belongs only outside of CVS. CVS already supports SSH
> (and RSH), and could easily support SSL and SRP, and maybe SASL too, in
> the same way. Please consider using those existing mechanisms.
>
> --
> Greg A. Woods
>
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