Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:16:04 +1000 (EST) From: Sleepless in Brisbane <snowy@snowy.org> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>, djb@Wit389306.student.utwente.nl, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: troubles with X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9912311112310.84398-100000@snowy.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.21.9912301707320.30489-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Steve Price wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > # Here is the answer I was given by somebody on this list last week. > # > # #/etc/pam.conf > # # tricky tricky forgive me > # xserver auth sufficient pam_permit.so no_use > # # If we don't match anything else, default to using getpwnam(). > # other auth required pam_unix.so > # try_first_pass > # other account required pam_unix.so > # try_first_pass > > This is really not a 'fix' per se. It is more like a workaround > as it disables PAM without having to recompile X. Or at least that's > the way I read it. > > Surely there is a way to really use PAM authentication? If this *is* > the official fix then I should probably commit it to src/etc/pam.conf > because everyone setting up a new system is going to run into this > very same problem if they install X. On a side note I found this fixed a problem with logging in via XDM that I have been seeing lately as well but just haven't had the time to track down; so it could certainly be helpful for more than just those running local displays. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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