Binyamin Dissen wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:04:43 -0700 Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>>>> On Sat, Feb 2, 2008 at 4:53 PM, in message
:><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Binyamin Dissen
:><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>> I have TAR'ed the current PAM source and want to compile a few of them.
:>> What is the proper MAKE command, and from where should it be issued?
:>What distribution are you building it for? That will determine to a large
extent how you do it.
SUSE for Z.
I would have a look at how the vendor's built the package(s). Also,
unless you have good reason not to, the vendor's source is the source to
start from.
But to be even more basic. Say I write my own PAM routine - exactly what
command is required to compile it into an .so format?
The gcc command can do it.
Do I need to create a make file?
Well, you don't, but it's a good way to document how to build it, and
it's pretty important if you think there's any likelihood of your module
finding widespread use.
At the risk of sounding patronising, if you need to ask these questions
then you are probably not the person to write the pam module(s). If you
get something wrong, and it seems even the best programmers do, then you
have the potential to do serious harm to some very serious work.
Whether you decide to do this, or have someone else do it, if possible
develop on intellish hardware running your distro (or a free version of
it). the source code is compatible unless you do something strange such
as write assembler core or depend on byte ordering, and development way
well proceed more quickly and have litle risk of harm when something breaks.
I once wrote a JES2 exit that examined and modified JCL as it was
converted to the internal format; I have some experience of what can
happen when critical code doesn't work properly.
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Cheers
John
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