On Jan 17,  4:40pm, Dan Melomedman wrote:
} Bill Studenmund wrote:
} > 
} > I think to the extent we can, we should support both the BSD Auth and PAM
} > calling APIs. The hope is to do this in a manner that decouples the app
} > from what the sysadmin has chosen for modules. Obviously we won't be able
} 
} So support both, but don't shove one or the other down peoples' throats.
} Especially when one of them only benefits a small number of people
} (read: don't make one dependednt on the other, and provide both versions
} of the relevant tools). I wouldn't mind having a choice between login.pam
} and login.bsd, but quite a few people would be annoyed to see all the
} relevant utilites PAMified without BSD Auth counterparts.

     "quite a few people"?!?  So far, I've only seen three or four
rather vocal people (Peter Seebs is trying to be reasonable, whereas
certain others are just ranting and raving).

}-- End of excerpt from Dan Melomedman