On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Ken Hornstein wrote:

: >Well, it can be.  In a way, the "conversion" thought could be reversed:  a
: >pam/bsdauth.so wouldn't be unthinkable,

: Statically linked code can't call dlopen()?  Why not?

dlopen() is in ld.{elf_,}so.  That's where all the dynamic code is.

You could conceivably rip that code out and put it into the static libc for
a.out, but ELF is a little bit worse for the wear as the dynamic linking
starts in the kernel and not in userland.

: My $0.02 cents.  I think the BSD Authentication stuff could perhaps
: co-exist with PAM,

"see comment at top."

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