Re: [dev] [slock] Linux-PAM support

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:09:54PM +0100, pancake wrote:
> On 11/16/10 11:46, Petr Sabata wrote:
> >Hey,
> >
> >this patch should enable Linux-PAM support in slock. It's my first try with
> >Linux-PAM whatsoever so there's a chance it won't work everywhere :) Maybe
> >it could be useful to some...
> >
> few time ago i send a patch adding support for user defined password, which
> i find much more 'secure' than typing your user password to unlock
> the screen.
> i think slock should split the auth support in a different file, so
> one can choose at
> compile time which method to use and stop living maintaining patches or huge
> cpp usage.

Well, this is quite easy with PAM; one can just define their own service
name instead of 'login' and configure it accordingly.

>
> is somebody up to do this work?
>

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Petr 'contyk' Sabata, Red Hat, Brno
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