[ On , July 8, 2000 at 18:58:42 (+0200), Johan Danielsson wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: login.conf for selecting password verification method (was Re: Kerberos is on by default?)
>
> woods@weird.com (Greg A. Woods) writes:
> 
> > There are lots of other ways to avoid having to rebuild every
> > application.  Having an authentication API does not imply that it
> > has to be dynamically linked.  In fact it is even possible to design
> > secure APIs that do not require any form of relinking, though I
> > don't think we've gone quite that far for NetBSD yet.
> 
> Now you're talking about something different, please keep to the
> subject.

No, I don't think I am actually.  PAM is just one type of API that can
be successful in meeting its stated goals.

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