why does /bin/sh need NSS support? Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > [Threading intentionally broken.] > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 01:16:25AM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > >>"Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar_at_FreeBSD.org> writes: >> >>>NSS and PAM do not overlap. They are complimentary and one cannot do >>>the job of the other. >> >>That is a bug in NSS, PAM or both. > > > Interesting. Explain, please. (Maybe privately or in another thread; > hate to keep this'n going.) Perhaps you mean that it is a design flaw > that two APIs are required. If so, I happen to disagree; I think that > the separation of directory services and authentication is appropriate > and necessary. > > >>(BTW, I think you mean that they are complementary, not complimentary, >>although it is certainly true that some implementations of NSS and PAM >>are free) > > > heh, Yes, that's a spell-o from which spell-check could not save me. > > Cheers, -- --- I'm a UNIX Kinda Guy. My websites: http://slavepix.dyns.net/ http://jaxleather.dyns.net/Received on Sat Nov 29 2003 - 03:47:34 UTC
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