Re: passwd check from unpriliged programs (pkgsrc/pam-pwauth_suid)

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 08:47:49PM +0200, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> There is that little pam module and helper program which
> allows to check a user's password. The intention is that
> screen savers and so don't need to be installed suid.

BTW, I would like to see this in base with a screensaver (or whatever)
pam config file. This is one of the things any desktop user will likely
run into and providing a bit userfriendlyness doesn't hurt.

Joerg