Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:16:34 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/login Makefile login.c Message-ID: <199811112216.OAA05589@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:45:00 %2B0800." <199811110745.PAA09429@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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> > 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. According to David Nugent (who did the login_cap stuff), they changed their minds about how it should work a pile of times, and then threw it out (or just left it turned off, I don't recall). John's definitely right in that it's a (terrible) dead end. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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