Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:45:00 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/login Makefile login.c Message-ID: <199811110745.PAA09429@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:16:02 PST." <199811110216.SAA02084@freefall.freebsd.org>
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John Polstra wrote: > Modified files: > usr.bin/login Makefile login.c > Log: > Remove support for LOGIN_CAP_AUTH. It was never enabled, it was > not complete, and it hasn't been touched for 18 months. All the > ifdefs obfuscate the code. I discussed the LOGIN_CAP_AUTH support > with its author and he agreed that it is a dead end. I am bringing > PAM into the tree within the next two weeks. It is much more > flexible than LOGIN_CAP_AUTH, and will serve as a superior replacement > for it. I think BSDI threatened to give us their code for the implementation of this in order to try and help create a pseudo-standard for their interface, didn't they? I don't recall the specifics, I think they wanted to release BSD/OS 3.0 or 4.0 first though. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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