centralized directory...
Marcy
-Original Message-
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Dave
Jones
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:38 PM
To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu
Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] PAM to authenticate using zVM userid/password
Hi
Before I go off to investigate what it would take to write one... is there
already a PAM module for zLinux that will accept a userid/password and
authenticate it against the VM host it's running on?
For example...
I have zLinux (RHEL) running on lpar VMA.
I also have a bunch of CMS users on VMA.
Before I go off to investigate what it would take to write one... is
there
already a PAM module for zLinux that will accept a userid/password and
authenticate it against the VM host it's running on?
I have one mostly complete, but it's not free.
Without that, you can probably do it with the
On Wednesday, 02/16/2011 at 03:54 EST, Donald Russell
russell@gmail.com wrote:
Before I go off to investigate what it would take to write one... is
there
already a PAM module for zLinux that will accept a userid/password and
authenticate it against the VM host it's running on?
For
Yes, using the LDAP support in z/VM, PAM can authenticate against RACF.
See various articles in zJournal and doc in the z/VM library and Redbooks.
On 02/16/2011 02:53 PM, Donald Russell wrote:
Before I go off to investigate what it would take to write one... is there
already a PAM module for
Hi, Donald.
Yeah, it's a cool thing to do, alright. Go with the LDAP-RACF approach
Alan and others have mentioned already, if you're already running RACF.
If you're not, there are other ways to get PAM on zLinux to authenticate
against CMS user ids, and passwords. I can send you more information
to authenticate using zVM userid/password
Hi, Donald.
Yeah, it's a cool thing to do, alright. Go with the LDAP-RACF approach
Alan and others have mentioned already, if you're already running RACF.
If you're not, there are other ways to get PAM on zLinux to authenticate
against CMS user ids, and passwords
On Wednesday, 02/16/2011 at 04:53 EST, Marcy Cortes
marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote:
Why is it a cool thing to do? Doesn't it make more sense to use
whatever every
other Linux/unix box in your shop is using?All those other people
may get
cranky if you make them get a CMS id to login
