> Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: > > Sorry; but I'm going to return us to this flamewar... > > > > --On Thursday, March 06, 2008 02:43:00 PM -0600 Nicolas Williams > > <Nicolas.Williams at sun.com> wrote: > > > >> PAM modules may require any and all [zone] privileges. Using PAM > >> requires all [zone] privileges. > > > > This is a Solaris-ism. You need to get out of your Sun-only box and pay > > attention to the rest of the world for a bit. Usually I accuse Linux folks > > of being myopic in this way, but if the shoe fits... > > Remember who invented PAM though! IMO Linux-PAM and an Embrace and > Extend of the original Solaris PAM. Some of the extensions I really > like (/etc/pam.d vs /etc/pam.conf) and others I like less or don't find > necessary at all.
Also remember that Sun is a for profit company that may have different requirements for its software distributions than other folks have. Gary..