Andy Bradford writes: 

> Thus said "Sam Varshavchik" on Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:44:13 GMT: 
> 
>> Because in 3.0 it's compiled into authdaemon. 
> 
> I knew  it was compiled  into authdaemon, but  I guess I  didn't realize
> that this was the only method for authentication anymore. So basically I

Correct.  This is necessary to implement password changing.  If you know 
what you're doing, you can still coax it into the old-fashioned 
configuration, but you'll lose password changing, and it's better for 
everyone to be on the same playing field anyway. 

-- 
Sam 

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