On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:01:02PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar_at_FreeBSD.org> writes: > > NSS and PAM do not overlap. > > I wonder how PAM gets "system" authentication information for pam_pwdb > or pam_unix or how it's called today and on the pertinent system if not > through NSS. Reimplementation of these "passwd/shadow/whatever" > mechanisms? No, PAM uses the system directory services APIs (e.g. getpwnam(3) and similar). Those in turn use NSS, on NSS systems. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine NTT/Verio SME FreeBSD UNIX Heimdal nectar_at_celabo.org jvidrine_at_verio.net nectar_at_freebsd.org nectar_at_kth.seReceived on Mon Dec 01 2003 - 05:16:38 UTC
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