Re: pppd + pam

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

PAM is configured in /etc/pam.conf or sometimes /etc/pam.d (depends on flavor).

It basically is a series of requirements and conditions that must be
met for access to be granted to use a "pam-aware" program.

Such programs are the typical "telnet", "login", "apache", "ssh", SAMBA, 
and many more.

If your program isn't pam-aware, PAM won't do you any good.

Each pam-aware program is configured by service name in the configuration.

Any program that uses the "login service" follows the rules configured for
"login", for example. It's really not that complicated.

I don't know if RADIUS is pam-aware or if it simply uses the login service,
which would then be autmatically pam-aware.

There are a ton of pam modules out there.

A simpler example to examine if you want to bolt-on PAM-awareness might
be to take a look at the Apache mod_pam_auth module.

Mike808/

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