Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:55:38 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>, abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us, adrian@staff.psinet.net.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to hook into user logins / logouts ? Message-ID: <335F9E9A.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <199704241351.XAA27716@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote: > > David Nugent stands accused of saying: > > > Can you suggest a means of starting a session that doesn't involve : > > > > > > getty > > > telnetd > > > rlogind/rshd/sshd/etc. > > > xdm > > > > Personally, I think you're confusing "login" (gaining direct > > access to a system, or opening and entering a door) with > > "authentication" (the locks we put on the doors). > > The definative way would be to allow the kernel to notify a process aupon the creation of new sessions and the closing of the last process in a sesion. I would suggest that the notification go to init, which could do all the appropriate things
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