From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56169 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750920Ab1HVLTp (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:19:45 -0400 Received: from relay1.suse.de (charybdis-ext.suse.de [195.135.221.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9158E857 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:19:45 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E523B50.8080204@suse.de> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:19:44 +0200 From: Ludwig Nussel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Cc: Thorsten Kukuk Subject: Re: PAM-only login(1) References: <20110812115758.GC1843@nb.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20110812115758.GC1843@nb.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Karel Zak wrote: > I'd like to clean up login(1) code for v2.21. The current code is > mess with many #ifdef and support for some unused (and badly tested) > features (e.g. non-PAM support for /etc/securetty and /etc/usertty). > > What about to finally create nice and readable PAM-only login(1) for > Linux? +1 On openSUSE we already use a pam-only login programı. It was forked from util-linux > ten years ago AFAICT. It also includes features from shadow-utils, like reading settings from /etc/login.defs. cu Ludwig [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=login&project=Base%3ASystem -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)