Re: [dev] [slock] Issue with shadow passwords and NIS

From: Petr Šabata <contyk_AT_redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:02:02 +0200

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:56:01PM +0000, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
> On 4/7/12, Ben Secrest <blsecres_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure the best way to differentiate between the shadow vs. NIS
> > situation. One guess is that when shadow information is present, the
> > pw_passwd field of the passwd struct will contain 'x', '*', or
> > whatever the system uses as a placeholder in /etc/passwd.
> >
> Slock should use a high-level authentication interface that will
> perform whatever authentication the site administrator requires. How
> much does this list hate or love PAM?

http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1011/6407.html

-P

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