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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2006 18:45:39 +0200
From:      Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no>
To:        "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pam_userdb.so: Where is it?
Message-ID:  <7.0.1.0.2.20060512184519.021b0c50@broadpark.no>
In-Reply-To: <20060510163646.GE20941@ayvali.org>
References:  <7.0.1.0.2.20060510172936.021f1e30@broadpark.no> <eeef1a4c0605100906s4cb2bbelf50c91eb960ff36a@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060510181801.02200c70@broadpark.no> <20060510163646.GE20941@ayvali.org>

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At 18:36 10.05.2006, N.J. Thomas wrote:
>* Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no> [2006-05-10 18:18:23 +0200]:
> > > > Does anybody know where pam_userdb.so has gone?
> > >
> > > FreeBSD doesn't appear to have ever had it, so it hasn't "gone"
> > > anywhere. The thread you linked to below suggests exactly that.
> > >
> > >
> > > You could download the source and try and build it.
> >
> > That's a real good advice. I'll see what I can do with it ...
>
>Kyrre,
>
>More info for you, digging through the archives came up with this:
>
> 
>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-April/117922.html
>
>Quoting:
>
> > > There's no pam_userdb.so available for FreeBSD. You could use
> > > pam_pwdfile.so, which is in the ports-collection. Users are
> > > added/changed e.g. through htpasswd. Works well if you have not a lot of
> > > accounts.
> > >
> > > a simple vsftpd.pam could look like this:
> > >
> > > auth    required /usr/local/lib/pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile /etc/vsftpd_login
> > > account required /usr/lib/pam_permit.so
> >
> >
> > Just to let you know that worked a treat
>
>hth,
>Thomas
>
>--
>N.J. Thomas
>njt@ayvali.org
>Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo
>_______________________________________________

Thank you so much man.

This worked wonders for me :)

All the best,
Kyrre





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