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* mrfab@×××.net (mrfab@×××.net) wrote: |
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> This has probably been discussed before, but what |
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> is the advantage of using pam to restrict su |
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> instead of /etc/suauth. /etc/suauth offers a lot |
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> of flexibilty and seems like a more natural place |
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> to look than /etc/pam.d or /etc/login.defs when |
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> working with su. |
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suauth only allows users to use su without knowing other passwords; |
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they must only enter their own, or no pass. pam allows other access |
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methods, such as authenticating against a database. |
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Scott Moynes |
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"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random numbers |
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is, of course, in a state of sin." -- John Von Neumann |
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