I have a quick question for which I can't seem to find a reasonable answer.
I understand that by default MaxDB does not support authentication at the operating system level if the shadow file is encrypted with MD5. I also understand that a possible solution for this is to remove the "md5" line from /etc/pam.d/login, /etc/pam.d/passwd, et al, and then reset the passwords.
Unfortunately, this is terribly inconvenient, and in some situations infeasible, as it requires one to reset all passwords. Does anyone know of a way to work around this?
The only idea I've had would be to use some sort of PAM stacking approach. But, is MaxDB PAM aware? I checked a few of the binaries with "ldd <binary> | grep pam" but no luck. Could anyone point me at some documentation for MaxDB's authentication process at the operating system level (ie, the process/steps MaxDB takes from allowing a connection from x_server to performing authentication?)?
Cheers, and thanks in advance. John L. Singleton
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