On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Peter Teichmann wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Rod m. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What is a PAM based login? I do not know. I had a normal Armlnux system
> with the 2.0.35 kernel from ftp.arm.linux.org.uk, and the RedHAt rpms from
> there. And I have compiled a 2.2.3 kernel. So so you perhaps know whether
> I have this?
PAM is:
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool
which allows system administrators to set authentication policy
without having to recompile programs which do authentication
> What is the shadow file? The file /etc/passwd looks similar, but does not
> contain so much numbers but a shell.
If you do not have a shadow file, you most likely do not have PAM
installed. So I'm not certain about this.
> But I have another problem with the new kernel: It does not want to load
> the modules, for instance the fpemulator because they have a wrong kernel
> version. They are 2.0.59 it says, strange.
You cannot use a 2.0.X module with a 2.2 kernel. Get the new ARM
FPEmulator from:
ftp.arm.linux.org.uk
/pub/linux/arm/fpemulator/fpem-2.2.5-armv4.o.gz
-Rms
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