On Jan 26,  7:36pm, Peter Seebach wrote:
} In message <200309060546.h865k6oq004810@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>, John Nemeth write
} s:
} >wouldn't be able to login.  The modules (an application may try more
} >then one authentication method/module) that each application uses are
} >specified in pam.conf.  Does BSD auth have a way of specifying
} >different modules for different apps?
} 
} Yes.  "auth-ftp-defaults" is the default set of authentications for ftp
} to use, for instance.

     Does the use of the word "defaults" here imply that an application
can select the modules that it wants to use and override the choices
made by the administrator?  This isn't possible in PAM.

}-- End of excerpt from Peter Seebach