Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:16:31 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NSS and PAM, dynamic vs. static Message-ID: <20031201141631.GB99428@madman.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <m3vfp31g8h.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <20031125025621.453732A8FC@canning.wemm.org> <200311250311.hAP3BTCO075916@apollo.backplane.com> <20031125150700.GA48007@madman.celabo.org> <20031125201421.GB54467@madman.celabo.org> <200311252039.hAPKdBfq080963@apollo.backplane.com> <m37k1ox7tz.fsf_-_@merlin.emma.line.org> <20031126130402.GB57523@madman.celabo.org> <m3vfp31g8h.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:01:02PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > NSS and PAM do not overlap. > > I wonder how PAM gets "system" authentication information for pam_pwdb > or pam_unix or how it's called today and on the pertinent system if not > through NSS. Reimplementation of these "passwd/shadow/whatever" > mechanisms? No, PAM uses the system directory services APIs (e.g. getpwnam(3) and similar). Those in turn use NSS, on NSS systems. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine NTT/Verio SME FreeBSD UNIX Heimdal nectar@celabo.org jvidrine@verio.net nectar@freebsd.org nectar@kth.se
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