On Thursday 15 October 2009 13:45:16 Peter Stuge wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > But where is the problem? One idea is to provide another
> > > implementation of these commands than the one in shadow.
> >
> > this is a bad idea
> 
> I don't like it either. There would eventually be compatibility
> problems, and it doesn't consider NSS.

that's one example (out of the infinite possibilities that pam introduces)

although you could probably make a case for usage only under stage1/2/3 builds 
since these will all be local

or just fix catalyst
-mike